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circa 1915: A portrait of American lawyer and politician William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) wearing a hat and a bow tie and smiling in front of a large column. He was a three-time Democratic presidential nominee before serving as Secretary of State under Wilson. A fundamentalist and populist, he aided in the prosecution of the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial' just before his death. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

circa 1915:  A portrait of American lawyer and politician William Jennings Bryan (1860 - 1925) wearing a hat and a bow tie and smiling in front of a large column. He was a three-time Democratic presidential nominee before serving as Secretary of State under Wilson. A fundamentalist and populist, he aided in the prosecution of the 1925 Scopes 'Monkey Trial' just before his death.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)