Charles H. Matchett

Charles Horatio Matchett (15 ga Mayu, 1843 - 24 ga Oktoba, 1919) ɗan siyasan gurguzu ne na Amurka. An fi tunawa da shi a matsayin dan takara na farko na Jam'iyyar Socialist Labor Party of America don Mataimakin Shugaban Amurka a zaben 1896 kuma a matsayin dan dan takarar jam'iyyar na Shugaban Amurka a zabe na 1896.William A. Dunning, "Record of Political Events", Political Science Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2 (June 1897), pg. 362.

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 Shekaru na farko 
An haifi Matchett a ranar 15 ga Mayu, 1843, asalinsa daga yankin Brighton-Allston na Massachusetts. Ya kasance zuriyar New Englanders wanda ya kasance a Amurka zuwa shekarun 1630.

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 16, Matchett ya tafi teku kuma ya kewaye Cape Horn a cikin iska. Ya yi aiki a lokuta daban-daban a farkon shekarunsa a matsayin mai aikin jirgin ruwa na Amurka, magatakarda, masassaƙi, da mai yin kwalban giya.

A tsakiyar shekarun 1880, Matchett ya koma Brooklyn, New York, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai aikin lantarki.

 Ayyukan siyasa 
Matchett ya yi aiki a matsayin memba na Yarjejeniyar Brooklyn Nationalist Club kuma yana aiki a cikin kamfen ɗin zabar Henry George a matsayin Magajin garin New York.

A cikin 1890, Matchett shine mai shirya reshen Amurka na 1 na Sashen New York na Jam'iyyar Socialist Labor Party of America (SLP). Matchett ya kasance mai tasiri wajen kawo yawancin 'yan New York Nationalists cikin jam'iyyar.

A shekara ta 1892, Machett ya gudu a kan tikitin da kamfanin kera kyamara na Massachusetts Simon Wing ya jagoranta a matsayin mataimakin dan takarar shugaban kasa na SLP. Wannan shi ne karo na farko da jam'iyyar ta gudanar da tikitin kasa. Wing da Machett sun bayyana a cikin kuri'un a jihohi shida kuma sun sami jimlar kuri'u 21,512. Daga cikin wannan jimlar, Birnin New York kadai ya ba da kuri'u 6,100. Dandalin jam'iyyar a shekara ta 1892 ya yi alkawarin soke ofisoshin shugaban kasa da mataimakin shugaban kasa da zaran sun zo mulki. A cewar wani masanin tarihin zaben, mafi yawan goyon bayan tikitin SLP a shekara ta 1892 ba daga aiki ba ne, amma daga "Bellamyites", masu ilimi da masu gyarawa.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 1919