William Jennings Bryan stepped off the train at Dayton in July of 1925, ready to fight for a "righteous cause." For thirty years the Great Commoner had been a progressive force in the Democratic ...

Joe Biden’s money giveaways mirrored that of his idol, William Jennings Bryan, the Democrat who formulated the “easy money” policy of the unlimited coinage of silver coins. Ironically Mr ...

The millions of words written about the “Trial of the Century” (there have been several given that title) law reviews, documentaries, Broadway plays, and movies (“Inherit the Wind”) never seems to end ...

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He ran his campaign on the idea that his opponent William Jennings Bryan, who had twice lost already, was not a real opponent. Challenges: William Howard Taft stumbled dramatically on two important ...

Before Woodrow Wilson became the standard bearer for the Democratic Party, that honor belonged to William Jennings Bryan, known both as "the Great Commoner" and the "Boy Orator of the Platte." ...