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William Jennings Bryan
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American politician (1860–1925)
OverviewAI-generated
William Jennings Bryan was a male author from the United States. He was born in 1860 and died in 1925. His literary output includes 122 works, with notable titles such as "Speech of William Jennings Bryan," "Emergency appropriation for diplomatic and consular service," "The fruits of the tree," "La domination britannique en Inde," and "Some branch bank facts."
Bryan’s writings have been referenced by 2,706 other encyclopedia articles. He is also associated with a music profile that lists 480 listeners and a total playcount of 1,071.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1860
- Died
- 1925
- Works
- 122
Top works
- Speech of William Jennings Bryan
- Emergency appropriation for diplomatic and consular service
- The fruits of the tree
- La domination britannique en Inde
- Some branch bank facts
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1860-03-19
- Active to
- 1925-07-26
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 480
- Total plays
- 1,071
William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 – July 26, 1925) was the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in 1896, 1900 and 1908, a lawyer, and the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson. One of the most popular speakers in American history, he was noted for a deep, commanding voice. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a supporter of popular democracy, a critic of banks and railroads, a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s <a href="https:/
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,994x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,845x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,574x
- QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data
· 2010 · cited 30,950x
- Preparation of Graphitic Oxide
· 1958 · cited 28,686x
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Quotes
- “Success is brought by continued labor and continued watchfulness. We must struggle on, not for one moment hesitate, nor take one backward step.”
- “A man who murders another shortens by a few brief years the life of a human being; but he who votes to increase the burden of debts upon the people of the United States assumes a graver responsibility.”
- “The poor man who takes property by force is called a thief, but the creditor who can by legislation make a debtor pay a dollar twice as large as he borrowed is lauded as the friend of a sound currency. The man who wants the people to destroy the Government is an anarchist, but the man who wants the Government to destroy the people is a patriot.”
- “Next to the ministry I know of no more noble profession than the law. The object aimed at is justice, equal and exact, and if it does not reach that end at once it is because the stream is diverted by selfishness or checked by ignorance. Its principles ennoble and its practice elevates.”
- “You cannot judge a man's life by the success of a moment, by the victory of an hour, or even by the results of a year. You must view his life as a whole. You must stand where you can see the man as he treads the entire path that leads from the cradle to the grave — now crossing the plain, now climbing the steeps, now passing through pleasant fields, now wending his way with difficulty between rugged rocks — tempted, tried, tested, triumphant.”
- “Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.”
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Key facts
- President
- Woodrow Wilson
- Preceded by
- Philander C. Knox
- Succeeded by
- Robert Lansing
- Born
- ( 1860-03-19 ) March 19, 1860, Salem, Illinois , U.S.
- Died
- July 26, 1925 (1925-07-26) (aged 65), Dayton, Tennessee , U.S.
- Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Party
- Democratic
- Other political affiliations
- Populist
- Spouse
- Mary Baird Bryan ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1884 )
- Children
- Ruth William Jr. Grace
- Parent
- Silas Bryan (father)
- Relatives
- Charles Bryan (brother) William Sherman Jennings (cousin)
- Education
- Illinois College ( BA ) Union College of Law ( LLB )
- Branch service
- United States Army
- Rank
- Colonel
- Unit
- 3rd Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
- Battles wars
- Spanish–American War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Salem
- Place of death
- Dayton
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- United States Secretary of State
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Image
- William Jennings Bryan.JPG
- Work location
- Washington, D.C.
Show 8 more facts
- place of burial
- Arlington National Cemetery
- Commons category
- William Jennings Bryan
- date of death
- 1925-07-26
- date of birth
- 1860-01-01
- topic's main category
- Category:William Jennings Bryan
- name in native language
- William Jennings Bryan
- writing language
- English language
- candidacy in election
- 1896 United States presidential election
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
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. He served in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895 and as the secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1915. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, Bryan was often called "the Great Commoner", and because of his rhetorical power and early fame as the youngest presidential candidate, "the Boy Orator".
Born and raised in Illinois, Bryan moved to Nebraska in the 1880s. He won election to the House of Representatives in the 1890 elections, served two terms, and made an unsuccessful run for the Senate in 1894. At the 1896 Democratic National Convention, Bryan delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech, which attacked the gold standard and the eastern moneyed interests and crusaded for inflationary policies built around the expanded coinage of silver coins. In a repudiation of incumbent President Grover Cleveland and his conservative Bourbon Democrats, the Democratic convention nominated Bryan for president, making Bryan the youngest major party presidential nominee in U.S. history. Subsequently, Bryan was also nominated for president by the left-wing Populist Party, and many Populists would eventually follow Bryan into the Democratic Party. In the intensely-fought 1896 presidential election, the Republican nominee, William McKinley, emerged triumphant. At age 36, Bryan remains the youngest person in United States history to receive an electoral vote for president and cumulatively, the most electoral votes without ever being elected president. Bryan gained fame as an orator, as he invented the national stumping tour when he reached an audience of 5 million people in 27 states in 1896, and continued to deliver well-attended lectures on the Chautauqua circuit well into the 20th century.
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