William Jennings Bryan, American politician herringbone The guests raise their glasses

The guests raise their glasses to toast the health of the king and queen

The right-hand side of the street is the north wall of the Stock Exchange

Book illustration

'Luke Fildes'

16th April 1981

William Jennings Bryan, American politician herringbone The guests raise their glassesWilliam Jennings Bryan, American politician, 1900. Bryan (1860 1925) was three times the Democratic Party's nominee for President of the United States. He was defeated in the 1896 and 1900 elections by William McKinley, and in 1908 lost to William Howard Taft. He was appointed Secretary of State in Woodrow Wilson's administration in 1913, but resigned two years later over the President's handling of the sinking of the 'Lusitania'. A print from Black