William Jennings Bryan

In the intensely-fought 1896 presidential election, the Republican nominee, William McKinley, emerged triumphant. At age 36, Bryan remains the youngest person ...

William Jennings Bryan | Biography, Cross of Gold, Scopes Trial ...

William Jennings Bryan, Populist leader and orator who ran unsuccessfully three times for U.S. president (1896, 1900, and 1908).

William Jennings Bryan - People - Department History

President Woodrow Wilson appointed William Jennings Bryan Secretary of State on March 5, 1913. He entered into duty the same day and served as Secretary until ...

William Jennings Bryan | American Experience | PBS

In 1921, when he was 61 years old, Bryan began a new campaign — to ban the teaching of evolution in public schools. Many wondered if Bryan had given up his ...

William Jennings Bryan | American Experience - PBS

William Jennings Bryan, known both as "the Great Commoner" and the "Boy Orator of the Platte." Bryan's support of Wilson at the 1912 Democratic Convention ...

History of William Jennings Bryan | Salem, IL

He was known as "The Great Commoner" and "The Silver-Tongued Orator" and he ran for president of the United States in a then-unprecedented three campaigns.

William Jennings Bryan - Nebraska Studies

William Jennings Bryan ... William Jennings Bryan fused Populist rhetoric and policies with a new Democratic coalition. In the process became one of Nebraska's — ...

William Jennings Bryan and Democratic - Bioguide Search

A tape of speeches and recitation by William Jennings Bryan. Includes his Cross of Gold speech from the 1896 presidential convention, an election talk from 1908 ...

William Jennings Bryan: The Perpetual Candidate - National Archives

Bryan was the Democratic nominee for President in 1896, 1900, and 1908, and lost all three elections. Despite all of his defeats, speculation continued to turn ...

William Jennings Bryan - City of Mission

Bryan had developed an early connection with the City of Mission, Texas. In 1910, to avoid the bitter winters in Lincoln, Nebraska, Bryan built his home in ...

Ghost of William Jennings Bryan haunts Trump's next run for ... - NPR

If a nominated Trump failed to win the popular vote for a third time, he would match the record of Bryan, who lost the popular vote for the White House in 1896 ...

William Jennings Bryan

Born in 1860 in Salem, Illinois, William Jennings Bryan graduated from Illinois College in 1881 and from the Union College of Law in 1883.

William Jennings Bryan(1860-1925) - IMDb

William Jennings Bryan. Self: Prohibition. William Jennings Bryan is an American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a ...

William Jennings Bryan (1913–1915) - Miller Center

As a delegate to the 1896 Democratic convention, Bryan's rousing "cross of gold" speech, advocating a silver standard for U.S. currency, rallied the masses ...

Bryan's "Cross of Gold" Speech: Mesmerizing the Masses

The most famous speech in American political history was delivered by William Jennings Bryan on July 9, 1896, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

William Jennings Bryan 1896 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

His campaign focused on silver, an issue that failed to appeal to the urban voter, and he was defeated in what is generally seen as a realigning election. The ...

Rise of the Populists and William Jennings Bryan

Rise of the Populists and William Jennings Bryan | Historical Background | Historical Background As the United States evolved into an industrial powerhouse ...

William Jennings Bryan - Salem, IL |

The Statue of William Jennings Bryan was created by Gutzon Borglum, famed sculptor of Mt. Rushmore. It originally stood in Washington, D.C., dedicated there by ...

Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and the sinking of the ...

Bryan argued that Americans traveling in the war zone were guilty of “contributory negligence” and that the U.S. claim of neutrality could be sustained only by ...

William Jennings Bryan and the United States-Colombia Impasse ...

His handling of United States relations with Colombia, however, is an illuminating exception which demonstrates his friendship for Latin America.