Perhaps the most important context fell by the journalistic wayside. No one adequately noted the "scope" of William Jennings ...

William Jennings Bryan had won the case, but history would not look kindly on his last crusade. The Scopes trial would cast a long shadow over his remarkable career.

William Jennings Bryan was a transformational leader who has been underappreciated by historians and political strategists. His life and career can also help frame our current political moment.

William Jennings Bryan delivers a campaign speech, circa 1910. Bryan put himself on the map as one of America's best orators with his "Cross of Gold" speech in 1896.

What You Should Know About Darwin 6 minute read William Jennings Bryan, center, arrives at Dayton, Tenn., in 1925.AP By History News Network November 23, 2014 12:00 PM EST History News Network ...

On July 26, 1925, about five days after the famous Scopes Monkey trial, the famed orator and political William Jennings Bryan died after a lunchtime meal. Bryan had technically won the trial that ...

In 1900, William Jennings Bryan brought his rhetorical skills to what is today Yakima as part of the groundwork for his 1900 presidential campaign against incumbent Republican William McKinley.

Born generations apart in vastly different worldly circumstances, Donald J. Trump and William Jennings Bryan would appear to have little in common beyond their middle initial. Yet comparisons ...

August 12, 1908 - Nebraskan William Jennings Bryan accepted the Democratic presidential nomination in Lincoln on Aug. 12, ...

William Jennings Bryan sits for a portrait in 1908. A century ago today, Lititz welcomed a special guest who wanted, more than anything else, to take a sip of water from the local springs.

Scottsdale – William Jennings Bryan of Scottsdale AZ left us on June 24, 2021 after a long fight with brain cancer. His gift of gab, generosity, and love of telling stories will be fondly ...

He was only 36. Bryan lost to William McKinley then ran for president and lost twice more, in 1900 to McKinley again and in 1908 to Theodore Roosevelt's candidate, William H. Taft.