COXEY'S ARMY


Meaning of COXEY'S ARMY in English

Group of unemployed men who marched to Washington, D.C., in the depression year of 1894.

Jacob S. Coxey (1854–1951), a businessman, led the group, which hoped to persuade Congress to authorize public-works programs to provide jobs. It left Ohio on March 25 and reached Washington on May 1 with about 500 men, the only one of several groups to reach its destination. It attracted much attention but failed to bring about any legislation.

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