Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the
United States, led by Ohio businessman
Jacob Coxey. They marched on
Washington D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year
economic depression that was the worst in
United States history to that time. Officially named the
Army of the Commonwealth in Christ, its nickname came from its leader and was more enduring. It was the first significant popular protest march on Washington, and the expression "Enough food to feed Coxey's Army" originates from this march.