Authors: William Jennings Bryan

1917–1929

Debating Darwinism: God and Evolution

William Jennings Bryan, “God and Evolution: Charge That American Teachers of Darwinism ‘Make the Bible a Scrap of Paper,’” New York Times (February 26, 1922) 1; 11. Available at http://moses.law.umn.edu/darrow2/trials_details.php?id=7#:~:text=Newspapers,Answer%20to%20Bryan%20on%20Evolution.

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1877–1917

The “Cross of Gold” Address

Source: William Jennings Bryan, The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of 1896 (Chicago: W. B. Conkey, 1896), 199–206, available online at the Hathi Trust Digital Library: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc2.ark:/13960/t93778b3h&view=1up&seq=203. Mr.

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1877–1917

The Cross of Gold Speech

Bryan’s 1896 Democratic Convention speech championed free silver, electrified delegates, secured nomination, and launched a national campaign despite eventual defeat.

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