Simon Wing

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Simon Wing (August 29, 1826 – December 17, 1910) was an American daguerreotypist, camera inventor and socialist politician. He is best remembered as the first candidate of the Socialist Labor Party of America for President of the United States, running for that office in 1892.

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1. date of birth: 1826-08-29 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1910-12-17 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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