William Jennings Bryan Born March 19, 1860 (Salem, Illinois) Died July 26, 1925 (Dayton, Ohio) Lawyer and politician During his long career in law and politics, including three unsuccessful bids for the presidency, William Jennings Bryan gained fame...

7william Jennings Bryan Undelivered Closing Statement from the Scopes Trial Published in 1925 The 1920s was a period of great change in the United States, and the changes made some people uncomfortable. The clash between traditional values, especially...

(born March 19, 1860, Salem, Ill., U.S.—died July 26, 1925, Dayton, Tenn.) U.S. politician and orator. He practiced law at Jacksonville, Ill. (1883–87), before moving to Lincoln, Neb., where he was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1890. In...

Racial incident in 1906 in Brownsville, Texas, involving white citizens of Brownsville and African American soldiers stationed at nearby Fort Brown. On the evening of August 13–14, rifle shots on a street in Brownsville killed one white man and...

For other persons of the same name, see William Bryan. William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, statesman, and politician. He was a three-time Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States. One...