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William Jennings Bryan was the Democratic Party's Presidential Nominee in 1896, 1900 and 1908. He lost all three times. William McKinley won in 1896 and 1900, and William Howard Taft won in 1908.

Related trivia : William Jennings Bryan was the youngest person ever to receive presidential electoral votes (36 years & 9 months of age in Jan 1897).

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