The Socialist Party of Texas (SPTX) is a
democratic socialist political party in the
U.S. state of
Texas. It is the state chapter of the
Socialist Party USA. It was founded in 1906 as an affiliate of the
Socialist Party of America
The Socialist Party of America (SPA) was a socialist political party in the United States formed in 1901 by a merger between the three-year-old Social Democratic Party of America and disaffected elements of the Socialist Labor Party of Ameri ...
.
In
1912
Events January
* January 1 – The Republic of China (1912–49), Republic of China is established.
* January 5 – The Prague Conference (6th All-Russian Conference of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party) opens.
* January 6 ...
, the SPTX effectively tied the Republican and Progressive Parties in votes. In
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
and
1916
Events
Below, the events of the First World War have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January 1 – The British Royal Army Medical Corps carries out the first successful blood transfusion, using blood that had been stored and cooled.
* ...
, the Socialist Party surpassed the Republican Party in the state.
[Alwyn Barr, "SOCIALIST PARTY," Handbook of Texas Online (https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/was01), accessed January 15, 2016. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.]
The Socialist Party of America voted 73-34 to change its name to
Social Democrats, USA in December 1972.
[
] SPUSA was founded in 1973, after which the SPTX was founded.
The party has local chapters in the
Rio Grande Valley and the
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.
Notable members
*
Alejandro Mendoza
Alejandro "Alex" Mendoza (born April 25, 1977) is an American former Marine, owner of a lawn care business and democratic socialist politician from Dallas, Texas, who was the vice presidential nominee of Socialist Party USA in the 2012 elec ...
, Fort Worth businessperson and SPUSA vice-presidential nominee in 2012
References
Texas
Texas
Political parties in Texas
Texas
Political parties established in 1906
1906 establishments in Texas
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