He died in Dayton, Tennessee, just a few days after opposing Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial.
At age 57 this man attempted to enroll in the army as a private upon the breakout of a war that he had resigned from his post as Secretary of State in an attempt to avoid. For the twelve years before his brief stint as Secretary of State he had delivered his popular speech "The Prince of Peace" on the Chatauqua circuit, expounding the evangelical and populist values he put forward in his magazine The Commoner, playing on one of his nicknames. He died in Dayton, Tennessee, just a few days after opposing Clarence Darrow in the Scopes Trial. FTP name this populist orator and politician best known for delivering the 1896 "Cross of Gold" speech.
At age 57 this man attempted to enroll in the army as a private upon the breakout of a war that he had resigned from his post as Secretary of State in an attempt to avoid.
William Jennings {Bryan}