Group of unemployed men who marched to Washington, D.C., in the depression year of 1894.
Jacob S. Coxey (18541951), 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.