The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
Bryan, William Jennings
DATES:
1860–1925
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Called “the Great Commoner” (“the Boy Orator of the Platte.”)
American lawyer and politician who campaigned unsuccessfully for the presidency in 1896, 1900, and 1908. He is famous for his impassioned “Cross of Gold” speech advocating free silver (1896) and for his defense of fundamentalism in the Scopes trial (1925).
