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The most famous speech in American political history was delivered by William Jennings Bryan on July 9, 1896, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The issue was whether to endorse the free coinage of silver at a ratio of silver to gold of 16 to 1. (This inflationary measure would have increased the amount of money in circulation ...
Cross of Gold speech, classic of American political oratory delivered on July 8, 1896, by William Jennings Bryan in closing the debate on the party platform at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago during the campaign for the presidential election of 1896. The Republican Party platform for the election, formulated at its convention in ...
William Jennings Bryan (n. 19 martie 1860, Salem (d), Illinois, SUA – d. 26 iulie 1925, Dayton, Tennessee, SUA) a fost un politician american, Secretar de Stat al Statelor Unite între 1913 și 1915. El a fost avocat, fusese crescut în Cumberland Presbyterian Church (arminiană, o parte din care urma să fuzioneze cu PC-SUA în 1906) și ...
14 de oct. de 2008 · 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. Bettmann/Corbis hide caption
Sin encabezados Figura \(\PageIndex{1}\): William Jennings Bryan, 1896.Biblioteca del Congreso, LC-USZC2-6259. William Jennings Bryan (19 de marzo de 1860—26 de julio de 1925) logró muchas cosas diferentes en su vida: fue un hábil orador, un congresista de Nebraska, tres veces candidato presidencial, secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos bajo Woodrow Wilson y un abogado que apoyó la ...
Mrs. William J. Bryan (née Mary Elizabeth Baird), 1897. Courtesy Northern Illinois University Libraries. William Jennings Bryan fused Populist rhetoric and policies with a new Democratic coalition. In the process became one of Nebraska’s — and the nation’s — favorite sons. But, like many early Nebraskans, he was born somewhere else ...
Hace 3 días · 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 ...
