The Cross of Gold
Title | The Cross of Gold PDF eBook |
Author | William Jennings Bryan |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1996-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780803261310 |
William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1887 as a young lawyer and rose rapidly in local Democratic Party affairs. In 1890 he was elected to the U.S. Congress in a Democratic landslide and was reelected in 1892, although he failed in a bid for the U.S. Senate in 1894. After the 1894 campaign, Bryan became editor of the Omaha World-Herald, continued his activities as a proponent of "free silver, " and began a successful stint as a Chautauqua lecturer, honing his already considerable oratorical skills. His reputation as a free-silver advocate was such that his delivery of the "Cross of Gold" speech at the 1896 Democratic Convention won him the nomination for president at the age of thirty-six. Bryan's proposal for the unlimited coinage of silver gained him support in the agrarian South and West and opposition in eastern states where banking and mercantile interests were paramount. During the 1896 campaign, Bryan traveled over eighteen thousand miles and made six hundred speeches in twenty-seven states, an unprecedented effort. Bryan lost to McKinley by ninety-five electoral votes, a result that conceals a relatively close popular vote. Although he twice more ran for president, served as Woodrow Wilson's secretary of state, and ended his career at the Scopes "Monkey Trial, " he will always be best remembered for his galvanic address in 1896. Robert W. Cherny is a professor of history at San Francisco State University. He is the author of A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan.
An Oration Delivered Before the Democrats and Antimasons, of the County of Plymouth
Title | An Oration Delivered Before the Democrats and Antimasons, of the County of Plymouth PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Rantoul (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 66 |
Release | 1836 |
Genre | Fourth of July orations |
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An Oration before the Democratic Republicans of Marblehead, etc
Title | An Oration before the Democratic Republicans of Marblehead, etc PDF eBook |
Author | Franklin KNIGHT |
Publisher | |
Pages | 26 |
Release | 1834 |
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An Oration delivered before the Democrats of Washington County, at Montpelier, etc
Title | An Oration delivered before the Democrats of Washington County, at Montpelier, etc PDF eBook |
Author | Edward D. BARBER |
Publisher | |
Pages | 18 |
Release | 1839 |
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Oration before the Democratic Citizens of Oxford, and the adjoining towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts
Title | Oration before the Democratic Citizens of Oxford, and the adjoining towns in Worcester County, Massachusetts PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Franklin HALLETT |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1841 |
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Oration Delivered Before the Democratic Citizens of the North Part of Middlesex at Groton, July 4, 1839
Title | Oration Delivered Before the Democratic Citizens of the North Part of Middlesex at Groton, July 4, 1839 PDF eBook |
Author | John P. Tarbell |
Publisher | |
Pages | 44 |
Release | 1839 |
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Oration Delivered Before the Democracy of the City and County of Philadelphia, in Independence Square, July 4th, 1856
Title | Oration Delivered Before the Democracy of the City and County of Philadelphia, in Independence Square, July 4th, 1856 PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Dougherty |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1856 |
Genre | Fourth of July orations |
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