Charles Wayland Bryan was the younger brother of perennial U.S.

United States

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 Democratic

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 presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan

William Jennings Bryan was an American politician in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. He was a dominant force in the liberal wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as its candidate for President of the United States...

, with whom he shares the distinction of being the only set of brothers to be nominated for national office by a major party.

Biography

Born in 1867 in Salem, Illinois

Salem, Illinois

Salem is a city located in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the county seat of Marion County. The population was 7,485 at the 2010 census.Salem is the birthplace of William Jennings Bryan and his brother vice presidential candidate Charles W. Bryan, the G. I. Bill of Rights, and Miracle Whip salad...

, Bryan served as mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska

Lincoln, Nebraska

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 from 1915 to 1917, and again from 1935 to 1937, and as the 20th and 23rd Governor of Nebraska

Governor of Nebraska

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 from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1926, 1928, and 1938.

Bryan was also notable as the Democratic vice presidential candidate

Vice President of the United States

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 in 1924

United States presidential election, 1924

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, where he was picked largely because of his name to serve as running mate to conservative easterner John W. Davis

John W. Davis

John William Davis was an American politician, diplomat and lawyer. He served as a United States Representative from West Virginia , then as Solicitor General of the United States and US Ambassador to the UK under President Woodrow Wilson...

. The ticket was overwhelmingly defeated. He died in 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is buried at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.

External links

• Charles W. Bryan at Find A Grave
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