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Charles Wayland Bryan (February 10, 1867 – March 4, 1945) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 20th and 23rd Governor of Nebraska, and Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, and was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1924.
Charles Wayland Bryan received 82 per cent of the total vote, was elected with a majority of 75,000. During his Governorship, he has taken an active hand in the war on gasoline...
CHARLES W. BRYAN, the twenty-first and twenty-fourth governor to serve Nebraska, was born in Salem, Illinois, on February 10, 1867. His education was attained at Illinois College in Jacksonville and at the University of Chicago.
CHARLES W. Bryan is one of those political figures who has been lost in the historiographical shuffle. At least two reasons help to account for this. In 1924, Bryan became an early statistic by being defeated in his only attempt at national office--the Vice-Presidency of the United States.
Charles Wayland Bryan (February 10, 1867 – March 4, 1945) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 20th and 23rd Governor of Nebraska, and Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, and was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1924.
Charles Wayland Bryan, brother and manager of the late William Jennings (“grape juice”) Bryan whose opposition to a Smith nomination in 1924 was second only to the McAdoo bitterness, is...
Charles Wayland Bryan (1867-1945, D-NE) was a relative of Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan and was the governor of Nebraska. He also served as mayor of Lincoln from 1915 to 1917. While serving in this position he set up a municipal coal plant that reduced the price of coal.
