Bryan

Bryan, WILLIAM JENNINGS, was born at Salem (Ill.) 19th March 1860, studied at Jacksonville and Chicago, and practised as a lawyer in Nebraska. He was elected to Congress in 1890, and in 1896 was chosen Democratic candidate for the presidency. He advocated free coinage of silver and governmental control of railways and monopolies, and was the labour candidate as against capitalists, but was completely defeated by McKinley (q.v.).