윌리엄 제닝스 브라이언

소개

윌리엄 제닝스 브라이언(William Jennings Bryan, 1860년 3월 19일 ~ 1925년 7월 26일)은 미국의 정치인으로 1890년대부터 미국 민주당의 지도적 정치인이었다. 미국 대통령 선거에 3회 출마했다. 말년에는 스코프스 재판에 참여했다.

William Jennings Bryan was an American lawyer, orator, and politician. He was a dominant force in the Democratic Party, running three times as the party's nominee for President of the United States in the 1896, 1900, and 1908 elections. He served in the House of Representatives from 1891 to 1895 and as the secretary of state under Woodrow Wilson from 1913 to 1915. Because of his faith in the wisdom of the common people, Bryan was often called "the Great Commoner", and because of his rhetorical power and early fame as the youngest presidential candidate, "the Boy Orator".