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William Jennings Bryan (March 19, 1860 - July 26, 1925) was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States (1896, 1900 and 1908). He served in the United States Congress briefly as a Representative from Nebraska and was the 41st United States Secretary of State under President Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1916. Bryan was a devout Presbyterian, a supporter of popular democracy, an enemy of gold, banks and railroads, a leader of the silverite movement in the 1890s, a peace advocate, a prohibitionist, and an opponent of Darwinism on religious grounds. With his deep, commanding voice and wide travels, he was one of the best known orators and lecturers of the era. Because of his faith in the goodness and rightness of the common people, he was called "The Great Commoner".
In the intensely fought 1896 and 1900 elections, he was defeated by William McKinley but retained control of the Democratic Party. With over 500 speeches in 1896, Bryan invented the national stumping tour, in an era when other presidential candidates stayed home. In his three presidential bids, he promoted Free Silver in 1896, anti-imperialism in 1900, and trust-busting in 1908, calling on Democrats to fight the trusts (big corporations) and big banks, and embrace anti-elitist ideals of republicanism. President Wilson appointed him Secretary of State in 1913, but Wilson's strong demands on Germany after the Lusitania was torpedoed in 1915 caused Bryan to resign in protest.
After 1920 he was a strong supporter of Prohibition and energetically attacked Darwinism and evolution, most famously at the Scopes Trial in 1925. Five days after winning the case, he died in his sleep.
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| BRY-144 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice w/very minor surface bumps |
Bryan colorful portrait in center of silver background button
Size: 1 1/4 inch
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Price: $50.00
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(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Sewall
Type: Political Campaign Button
(frame) |
Nice - names removed w/minor edge chip at 5 and 7 o'clock, otherwise in great shape - Floersheim Kundstadter paper insert intact |
Jugate - Bryan on left, Sewall on right w/names underneath - 16 to 1 top middle
Size: 7/8 inch
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Price: $35.00
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| BRY-222 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice, w/minor surface crack top of forehead |
Bryan portrait in center of ring of gold dots, surrounded by flag border
Size: 7/8 inch
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Price: $50.00
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| BRY-306 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Sewall Silver Bug
Type: Political Campaign Button (Mechanical) |
Nice, w/3 legs (upper and middle right, upper left) partially missing |
Jugate - Mechanical - Silver Bug - Bryan portrait on left wing, Sewall on right wing - Mechanical feature to pin that opens wings to reveal portraits of canidates on wingtips
Size: 1 1/4 inch x 1 5/8 inch (open)
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Price: $350.00
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| BRY-248 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Cowherd
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice, w/surface cracks |
Jugate - Bryan portrait to left, Cowherd portrait to right, over black text Bryan-Cowherd
Size: 7/8 inch
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Price: $200.00
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| BRY-53 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Stevenson
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice, w/minor surface bumps (no cracks though) |
Jugate - Silver button w/flag shield. Top is blue w/white stars, bottom is red and white vertical stripes - center is Bryan portrait w/name to left, Stevenson portrait w/name to left
Size: 1 1/4 inch
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Price: $70.00
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| BRY-74 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Stevenson
Type: Political Campaign Button
(frame) |
Nice - nice Whitehead and Hoag paper insert |
Jugate - Bryan to left, Stevenson to left - on blue background w/gold filigree
Size: 7/8 inch
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Price: $60.00
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(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Stevenson
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice - w/3 tiny pin holes |
Jugate - Similar to BRY-69 except faces slightly turned
Size: 7/8 inch
Keywords:
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Price: $17.00
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(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice |
Similar to BRY-230, but w/o For President
Size: 7/8 inch
Keywords:
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Price: $11.00
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| BRY-109a |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Kern
Type: Political Campaign Button
(frame) |
Nice - nice clean Whitehead and Hoag paper insert |
Jugate - Bryan portrait to left, Kern portrait to right, centered in gold filigree. Small flag shield top center
Size: 7/8 inch
Keywords:
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Price: $80.00
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| BRY-109 |
(US) - President
Candidate: Bryan - Kern
Type: Political Campaign Button |
Nice |
Jugate - Bryan portrait to left, Kern portrait to right, centered in gold filigree. Small flag shield top center
Size: 7/8 inch
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Price: $75.00
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