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Who was Williams Jennings?

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9y ago
Updated: 4/10/2022

William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) was a famous lawyer and statesman who ran for President three times. His powerful speeches earned him the title "Silver-Tongued Orator." Bryan, a devout Presbyterian, victoriously defended The Bible in a famous Tennessee court case against a teacher who was illegally teaching evolution in the classroom. This case was called the Scopes trial, or the "monkey trial." William Jennings Bryan won the case against evolution.
William Jennings Bryan was born on March 19, 1860 in the Little Egypt region of Illinois. Bryan was the Democratic Party nominee in 1896, 1900, and 1908. He was the youngest presidential candidate in history, at the age 36. He was also a lawyer and the 41st United States Secretary of State. He was a strong supporter of Prohibition. He died on June 9, 1915 in his sleep.

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