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William Jennings Bryan
Secretary of State,
Term of Appointment:
03/05/1913 to
06/09/1915
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- Born in Salem, Illinois, March 19, 1860;
- Graduated from Illinois College in 1881 (A.M. 1884) and from Union College of Law in 1883;
- Admitted to the bar in 1883 and practiced in Jacksonville, Illinois;
- Married Mary Elizabeth Baird in 1884;
- Moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1887 and continued the practice of law;
- Delegate to the Democratic State Convention in 1888;
- Representative from Nebraska, 1891-1895;
- Edited the Omaha World-Herald, 1894-1896;
- Delegate to the Democratic National Conventions in 1896, 1904, 1912, 1920, and 1924;
- Democratic candidate for the Presidency in 1896, in 1900, and again in 1908;
- Raised a regiment of volunteer infantry in 1898 and was commissioned colonel;
- Founded a weekly newspaper, The Commoner, in 1901;
- Made a tour of the world 1905-1906;
- Engaged in editorial writing and delivering Chautauqua lectures;
- Secretary of State in President Wilson's Cabinet March 5, 1913 and served until June 9, 1915;
- As Secretary of State, negotiated treaties "for the advancement of peace" with 30 nations;
- Resumed his writing and lecturing; established his home in Miami, Florida, in 1921;
- Opposed Clarence Darrow as counsel in the Scopes trial at Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925;
- Died in Dayton July 26, 1925.
Released on July 15, 2003
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