Denis Kearney
19th-century American demagogue · United States · Lived 1847 to 1907 · aged 60
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Something wrong?Denis Kearney was an Irish-born American labor leader who was active in the late 19th century and was known for his anti-Chinese activism.
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Kearney c. 1878
"Dennis Kearney addressing a meeting of sand lotters," painting by G. W. Peters
"Young Night Thoughts----Tiring Cogitations at Retiring," a cartoon published in The Wasp depicting various ways Kearney could attempt to escape from jail or kill himself, May 8, 1880
Kearney as he appeared on the cover of an 1878 pamphlet collecting his speeches.
A fake hundred-dollar bill, featuring the likenesses of Kearney and Benjamin Butler, circulated during the 1884 United States presidential election
A satirical depiction of Mooneysville by Henry Barkhaus published in The Wasp, January 26, 1884
"Drayman, Labor Leader, Capitalist," a profile of Kearney by Wells Drury published in the San Francisco Examiner, September 3, 1899About this person
Denis Kearney was an Irish-born American labor leader who was active in the late 19th century and was known for his anti-Chinese activism. Called "a demagogue of extraordinary power," he frequently gave long and caustic speeches that focused on four general topics: contempt for the press, for capitalists, for politicians, and for Chinese immigrants. A leader of the Workingmen's Party of California, he is known for ending all of his speeches with the sentence "And whatever happens, the Chinese must go".
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