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Bryan, William Jennings

Born
3/19/1860
Birthplace
Salem, Illinois
Education
Jacksonville Academy and College
Illinois College
Uninon College of Law, Chicago
Occupation
- practiced law in Jacksonville, Illinios

- practiced law in Lincoln, Nebraska, 1883-87
-practiced law in Licoln, Nebraska, 1887-90
-became eiditor of Omaha World-Herald and Chautaugua "Cross of Gold" speece in Chicago and won Democatic Presidential nomination; defeated by McKinley, 1896

- Secretary of State under Wilson, 1913-15
Spouse
Mary Baird, m. 1884
Nationality
American

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