William Bryan
William Bryan
William Jennings Bryanwas an American orator and politician from Nebraska, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's nominee for President of the United States. He served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Nebraska and was United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson. He resigned because of his pacifist position on World War I. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a strong...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 March 1860
CitySalem, IL
Gigantic troubadour, speaking like a siege gun / Smashing Plymouth Rock with his boulders from the West.
In this fight I have the most intolerant and vindictive enemies I have ever met and I have the largest majority on my side I have ever had and I am discussing the greatest issue I have ever discussed.
a brief address, in which he said that one of his chief reasons for wanting to go to Washington was that it was so near to Virginia.