On Oct. 24, 1896, William Jennings Bryan, the Democratic Party nominee for President, spoke to what the Quincy Weekly Whig called a “vast multitude” in appearances at Courthouse Square, Washington ...

Phillipsburg seemed to lose its collective mind when William Jennings Bryan came to town on Sept. 23, 1896, during his first presidential campaign. People were climbing telegraph poles to get a view ...

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In civics class, we’re taught the two-party system fits our nation perfectly. Yet third-party candidates and others have regularly been part of the quadrennial election. Third parties and splinter ...

Thousands pack the second Chicago Coliseum for the 1896 DNC. Construction on the arena concluded just months before William Jennings Bryan accepted the presidential nomination. Credit: Library of ...

At the 1896 Democratic Nationl Convention in Chicago, William Jennings Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party. He was an unlikely... At the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, ...

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Phillipsburg seemed to lose its collective mind when William Jennings Bryan came to town on Sept. 23, 1896, during his first presidential campaign. People were climbing telegraph poles to get a view ...