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The 1885 St. Louis Browns of the American Association. Beginning with an exhibition series after the American Association's birth in 1882, a championship series between the NL and AA regular-season champions was promoted and referred to as the "World's Championship Series" (WCS), or "World's Series" for short; however, these series are not officially recognized by Major League Baseball as part ...
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.
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.
Yankees vs Guardians Game 4 time. First pitch for ALCS Game 4 is scheduled for 8:08 p.m. ET on Friday night. Location: Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio. Date: Friday, Oct. 18. Yankees vs ...
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 ...
With a pair of big innings early, the Los Angeles Dodgers made quick work of the New York Yankees, rolling to a 9-5 victory in Game 3 of USA TODAY Sports' annual Simulated World Series.
The Dodgers won the World Series during the COVID-shortened 2020 season. Before then, their last World Series title was in 1988. List of all Dodgers World Series titles: 2020 (4-2 over Tampa Bay ...
Geer, John G., and Thomas R. Rochon. "William Jennings Bryan on the Yellow Brick Road." Journal of American Culture 16.4 (1993): 59–63. 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