19 March 1860 A.D. Presbyterian William Jennings Bryan Born—Lawyer, “Fundamentalist,” Nominee for POTUS; Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson
19 March 1860 A.D. Presbyterian William Jennings Bryan Born—Lawyer, “Fundamentalist,”
Nominee for POTUS; Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson
William Jennings Bryan (1860 to 1925)
Presbyterian
Leading Fundamentalist
Birth of
William Jennings Bryan, the best-known fundamentalist in America's public life
between the Civil War to the Great Depression. A Presbyterian layman, and a
thoroughly Christian politician, he began his political career as a newspaper
editor, became a congressman from Nebraska, and came to national recognition
for his speech at the 1896 National Democratic Convention. He was nominated for
President three times, but did not win; was appointed Secretary of State under
Woodrow Wilson, where he was responsible for more than 30 international
agreements designed to solve problems between nations. But when Wilson refused
to apply these principles to Germany, Bryan resigned rather than compromise his
principles. It is regrettable that he is remembered mainly for his defense of
the Bible in the 1925 Scopes trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for he was strong in
defense of righteousness in many other areas. Bryan College was erected to his
memory.
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