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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Bryan , William Jennings , 1860 - (search)
Bryan, William Jennings, 1860-
Politician; born in Salem, Ill., March 19, 1860; was graduated at Illinois College in 1881, and at Union College of Law, Chicago, in 1883.
He practised in Jacksonville, Ill., from 1883 till 1887, then removed to Lincoln, Neb., and was elected to Congress as a Democrat, serving in 1891-95.
In 1894-96 he was editor of the Omaha World-Herald, and in the latter year a delegate to the National Democratic Convention at Chicago.
He there made a notable speech advocating the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1.
The free-silver element in the convention was far stronger than the leaders of the party imagined, and there was as munch surprise in the convention as out of it when its prize, the Presidential nomination, was awarded to him. The Sound-money Democrats repudiated the nomination, organized the National Democratic party, and put forth a separate platform and national ticket.
The Populists, however, adopted the Democratic n
Strong, Frank 1859-
Author; born in Venice, N. Y., Aug. 5, 1859; graduated at Yale College in 1884; principal of the High School in St. Joseph, Mo., in 1888-92; and superintendent of public schools in Lincoln, Neb., in 1892-95; became lecturer on History at Yale College in 1897.
He is the author of Life of Benjamin Franklin; and A forgotten danger to the New England colonies.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Women, Advancement of (search)