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William Jennings Bryan was born in rural Salem, Illinois, in 1860.His father, Silas Bryan, was a Jacksonian Democrat, judge, lawyer, and local party activist. [1] As a judge's son, the younger Bryan had ample opportunity to observe the art of speechmaking in courtrooms, political rallies, and at church and revival meetings.
Bryan resembles the Wizard of Oz; Harpine, William D. "Bryan's “a cross of gold:” The rhetoric of polarization at the 1896 democratic convention." Quarterly Journal of Speech 87.3 (2001): 291–304. online; Jones, Stanley L. The presidential election of 1896 (1964). Nevins, Allan. Grover Cleveland: A Study in Courage (1932) online.
1896 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania [1] Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes Republican: William McKinley: 728,300: 60.98%: 32: Democratic: William Jennings Bryan: 422,054 35.34% 0 Populist: William Jennings Bryan: 6,103 0.51% 0 Silver: William Jennings Bryan: 5,071 0.42% 0 Total William Jennings Bryan: 433,228 ...
William Jennings Bryan (D) 176: 1896 presidential election results. Red denotes states won by McKinley, blue denotes states won by Bryan. Numbers indicate the electoral votes won by each candidate. Senate elections; Overall control: Republican hold: Seats contested: 30 of 90 seats [1] Net seat change: Republican +2 [2] Results of the elections:
The national popular vote was rather close, as McKinley defeated Bryan by 602,500 votes, receiving 51% to Bryan's 46.7%: a shift of 53,000 votes in California, Kentucky, Ohio and Oregon would have won Bryan the election despite McKinley winning the majority of the popular vote, but due to the joint Democratic-Populist ticket, this also would ...
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections.
The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan, a former United States Representative from Nebraska, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 9, 1896. In his address, Bryan supported " free silver " (i.e. bimetallism ), which he believed would bring the nation prosperity.
William Jennings Bryan, seen during the 1896 campaign. Dawes had known Bryan in Nebraska, and predicted that if the former congressman got to address the convention, he would use his skills as a speaker to stampede it to a nomination. McKinley and Hanna mocked Dawes, telling him that Bland would be the Democratic choice.