was slightly more than his 900,672 total in the 1912 election, which had equaled six percent of the popular vote. (National women's suffrage in 1920 greatly increased the total number of votes cast.) In 1921, Congress largely repealed the Espionage and Sedition Acts. On December 23, 1921 President Warren G. Harding commuted Debs' sentence to time served, effective Christmas Day. He did not issue a pardon. The two met the following day at the White House. See also United States labor law In re Debs List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 249 Inherent powers Notes External links Appellate record and case briefs for Debs v. United States 1919 in United States case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Free Speech Clause case law History of the Socialist Party of America Opposition to World War I United States military case law United States Supreme Court cases of the White Court United States home front during World War I Eugene V. Debs