William Jennings Bryan Wikipedia. William Jennings Bryan. United States Secretary of State. In office. March 5, 1. June 9, 1. 91. 5President. Woodrow Wilson. Preceded by. Philander C. Knox. Succeeded by. Robert Lansing. Member of the U. S. House of Representativesfrom Nebraskas 1st district. In office. March 4, 1. March 3, 1. 89. 5Preceded by. William James Connell. Succeeded by. Jesse Burr Strode. Personal details. Born1. 86. 0 0. March 1. Salem, Illinois, U. S. 1Died. July 2. Dayton, Tennessee, U. S. Political party. Democratic. SpousesMary Baird Bryan m. Children. Ruth Baird Bryan Owen 1. William Jennings Bryan, Jr. Grace Dexter Bryan 1. Alma mater. Illinois College. Union College of Law. Profession. Lawyer. Signature. William Jennings Bryan March 1. July 2. 6, 1. 92. American orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1. 89. Democratic Party, standing three times as the partys nominee for President of the United States. He also served in the United States House of Representatives and as the United States Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, he was often called The Great Commoner. Born and raised in Illinois, Bryan moved to Nebraska in the 1. William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem, Illinois, on March 19, 1860, to Silas Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth Jennings Bryan. Bryans mother was of English. Col. Fritz du Quesne, a fugitive from justice, is wanted by His Majestys government for trial on the following charges Murder on the high seas the sinking and. He won election to the U. S. House of Representatives in the 1. Senate elections. At the 1. 89. 6 Democratic National Convention, Bryan delivered his Cross of Gold speech which attacked the gold standard and the eastern moneyed interests. In a repudiation of incumbent President Grover Cleveland and his conservative Bourbon Democrats, the Democratic convention nominated Bryan for president, making Bryan the youngest major party presidential nominee in U. S. history. A supporter of bimetallism, Bryan was also nominated by the Populist Party and the Silver Republican Party. In the intensely fought 1. Republican nominee William Mc. Kinley emerged triumphant. With over 5. 00 speeches in 1. Bryan invented the national stumping tour in an era when other presidential candidates stayed home. Bryan retained control of the Democratic Party and won the presidential nomination again in 1. In the aftermath of the Spanish American War, Bryan became a fierce opponent of American imperialism, and much of the campaign centered on that issue. In the election, Mc. Kinley again defeated Bryan, winning several Western states that Bryan had won in 1. Bryans influence in the party weakened after the 1. Democrats nominated the conservative Alton B. Parker in the 1. 90. Bryan won his partys nomination in the 1. As Africa News reports, the blackout affected homes and businesses in Livingstone, a popular tourist town near Victoria Falls, and the surrounding area. CROP.promo-mediumlarge.jpg' alt='Monkey Town The Summer Of The Scopes Trial Showed' title='Monkey Town The Summer Of The Scopes Trial Showed' />William Howard Taft. After the Democrats won the presidency in the 1. Wilson rewarded Bryans support with the important cabinet position of Secretary of State. After the Lusitania was torpedoed by a German submarine in 1. Wilson made strong demands on Germany that Bryan disagreed with, as he hoped to avoid entering World War I. Bryan resigned from office in 1. United States entered the war two years later. Bryan remained active in public life, supporting Wilsons re election and advocating for the enactment of Prohibition. He opposed Darwinism on religious and humanitarian grounds, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1. Tennessee. He also became a promoter of Florida real estate, contributing to the Florida land boom of the 1. Five days after the conclusion of the Scopes case, which he won, Bryan died in his sleep. Background and early career 1. Bryans birthplace in Salem. William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem, Illinois, on March 1. Silas Lillard Bryan and Mariah Elizabeth Jennings Bryan. Bryans mother was of English heritage. Mary Bryan joined the Salem Baptists in 1. Bryan attended Methodist services on Sunday morning with his father, and in the afternoon, Baptist services with his mother. At this point, William began spending his Sunday afternoons at the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. At age 1. 4, Bryan attended a revival, was baptized, and joined the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Driver Synaptics Ps 2 Port Touchpad Toshiba Touchpad there. During the 1920s, the National Womens Party fought for the rights of women beyond that of suffrage, which they had secured through the 19th Amendment in 1920. All crossword clues in our system starting with the letter S. Monkey Town The Summer Of The Scopes Trial Showed' title='Monkey Town The Summer Of The Scopes Trial Showed' />In later life, Bryan said the day of his baptism was the most important day in his life, but at the time it caused little change in his daily routine. In 1. 90. 6, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church joined the larger Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. His father, Silas Bryan, of Scots Irish and English ancestry,2 was an avid Jacksonian Democrat. Silas won election to the Illinois State Senate, but was defeated for re election in 1. He won election as a state circuit judge, and in 1. Salem,3 living in a ten room house that was the envy of Marion County. Until age ten, Bryan was home schooled, as many children were. The Bible and Mc. Guffey Readers shaped his views that gambling and liquor were evil, sinful, and iniquitous. To attend Whipple Academy, which was attached to Illinois College, Bryan was sent to Jacksonville, Illinois, in 1. Following high school, he entered Illinois College, graduating as valedictorian in 1. During his time at Illinois College, Bryan was a member of the Sigma Pi literary society. He studied law at Union Law College in Chicago which later became Northwestern University School of Law. While preparing for the bar exam, he taught high school and met Mary Elizabeth Baird,5 a cousin of William Sherman Jennings the latter was also his own first cousin. Bryan and Mary Elizabeth Baird married on October 1, 1. Jacksonville, which at the time had a population of two thousand. Mary also became a lawyer, and collaborated with Bryan on all his speeches and writings. He practiced law in Jacksonville from 1. Lincoln, Nebraska. In Lincoln, he was raised a Master Mason in Lincoln Lodge 1. A. F. A. M. 7 Bryan also met James Dahlman in Lincoln, and they became lifelong friends. As chairman of the Nebraska Democratic Party, Dahlman would help carry Nebraska for Bryan in two presidential campaigns. Even when Dahlman became closely associated with Omahas vice elements, including the breweries, as the citys eight term mayor, he and Bryan maintained a collegial relationship. In the Democratic landslide of 1. Bryan was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives from Nebraskas First Congressional District. The growing prohibitionist movement had entered the election of 1. In the three way race in the First Congressional District, Bryan received 6,7. This was a plurality of the vote and was 8,0. Bryan was elected, only the second Democrat to be elected to Congress in the history of Nebraska. In 1. Bryan was re elected by a 1. He ran for the Senate in 1. Republican landslide led to the Nebraska state legislatures choice of a Republican for the Senate seat at that time, state legislatures elected their representatives to the US Senate. First campaign for the White House 1. Bryan had an innate talent in oratory. He gave speeches, organized meetings, and adopted resounding resolutions that eventually culminated in the founding of the American Bimetallic League, which then evolved into the National Bimetallic Union, and finally the National Silver Committee. At the time many farmers groups believed that by increasing the amount of currency in circulation, commodities would receive higher prices. They were opposed by banks and bond holders who feared the effects of inflation. The ultimate goal of the league was to garner support on a national level for the reinstatement of the coinage of silver. With his support, Charles H.