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counting the votes, he had less votes. (end of the first answer)
Bryan favored the coining of silver , the end of protective tariffs and a federal income tax. He was called the "Great Commoner" with some reason. His ideas favored the farmers and the working people at the expense of the bankers, investors and factory owners. In this case, the Eastern establishment were able to put the Republican candidate, William McKinley into office. Bryan was only 36 , something of a fire-brand with little political experience. He may have scared some potential backers into voting for the solid, more experienced McKinley.
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True or False In the Election of 1896 William Jennings Bryan was the presidential candidate for both the populist and Democratic parties?
I THINK it's true, BUT I'm not 100% sure.
Who was William Jennings Bryan in the play Inherit the Wind?
William Jennings Bryan was the real-life prosecuting attorney for the Scopes Trial. In the play Inherit the Wind, William Jennings Bryan is portrayed as Matthew Harrison Brady, the attorney against Cates.
In what ways did the results of the 1896 election confirm this view?
William Jennings Bryan was a spokesman for rural Americans who were suffering economic depression following the Panic of 1893
Who was called as a witness in the scopes trial?
william jennings bryan
Who was the democratic candidate for president in 1876?
Samuel J. Tilden 1876 Democratic Presidential CandidateThe Democratic candidates for the 1876 Presidential election were Samuel J. Tilden and Thomas Hendricks The other candidates were Rutherford B. Hayes - William A. Wheeler (Republican), Peter Cooper - Samuel Fenton Cary (Greenback Labor), and Green Clay Smith - Gideon T. Stewart (Prohibition). Rutherford B. Hayes won the election to become the 19th President of the United States. President Hayes was in office from March 4, 1877 to March 4, 1881.
What cause did William jennings Bryan support in the 1896 presidential election?
Bimetallism
William Jennings Bryan supporters the cause of what in the 1896 presidential election?
Bimtallism
How did the populist party play a role in the presidential election of 1896?
They joined with the democrats to support with William Jennings Bryan.
Who was nomimated by two parties as their candidate for the 1896 presidential election?
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan supported what cause in the 1986 presidential election?
bimetallism (apex)
Who were the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the presidential election of 1896?
William McKinley/Garet A.Hobart William Jennings Bryan/Arthur Sewall
Who were the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the presidential election of 1900?
William McKinley/Theodore Roosevelt William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E.Stevenson
How did populist play a role in the presidential election of 1896?
They joined with the democrats to support with William Jennings Bryan.
Who was president mckinley's opponent in the 1900 presidential election?
In 1896, President William McKinley defeated the Democratic candidate, William Jennings Bryan. In 1900, he defeated William Jennings Bryan again.
Who were the presidential and vice presidential candidates in the presidential election of 1908?
William Howard Taft/James S.Sherman William Jennings Bryan/John W.Kern
Did William Jennings Bryan win the presidential election?
No. He ran several times, but always lost.
What was true about William Jennings Bryan in 1896 presidential election?
He supported many Populists policies
