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Jennings Bryan and Populism
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Alford,
Richard Francis, "An Economic Analysis of the Nomination and
Candidacy of William Jennings Bryan in 1896." Ph.D.
dissertation, University of Pennsylvania, 1976. 156 p.
DAI 1977 37(11): 7235-7236A.
Anderson,
David D. William Jennings Bryan. 210 p. Twayne's
United States Authors Series. no. 415. Boston: Twayne, 1981.
Bailey,
John W., Jr. "The Presidential Election of 1900 in Nebraska:
McKinley Over Bryan." Nebraska History. 54(4): 561-84.
1973.
Barnes,
James A. "Myths of the Bryan Campaign." Mississippi
Valley Historical Review. 34(3):367-404. December 1947.
Punctures myths that Bryan got nomination because of his
oratory; that 16:1 could have wrecked the country; that silver was
the issue in 1896. Says
social and economic plight of farmer and industrial laborer was
the issue, and the essence of campaign.
Little mention of Populists, but their influence on
campaign is clear.
Boell,
Jesse E. "William Jennings Bryan Before 1896." M.A.
thesis, U of Nebraska, 1929.
Browne,
Waldo R. Altgeld of Illinois, 1847-1902; A Record of His Life
and Work. 342 p. New York: B.W. Huebsch. 1924.
Includes a good account of the campaign of 1896.
Bryan,
William Jennings. The First Battle: A Story of the Campaign of
1896. 630 p. Chicago, W.B. Conkey, 1896.
Weak on Populists. Includes
many documents.
Cherny,
Robert W. A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan.
225 p. Boston: Brown, Little, 1985.
Coletta,
Paola E. "William Jennings Bryan and Currency and Banking
Reform." Nebraska History 1964 45(1): 31-57.
Bryan originally called for free silver to expand the
currency. Later, he
stressed a flexible banking system that would keep pace with the
expanding economy and government control of monetary policy.
These ideas were included in the Federal Reserve System
legislation. Bryan's
support for the measure was instrumental to its passage.
America:
History and Life, 1:1833
Coletta,
Paolo E. "Bryan, Cleveland, and the Disrupted Democracy,
1890-1896." Nebraska History. 41:1‑27. March
1960.
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"The Morning Star of Reformation: William J. Bryan's First
Congressional Campaign." Nebraska History. 37:103-20.
June 1956. Nebraska
election of 1890.
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William Jennings Bryan. I. Political Evangelist,
1860-1908. 478 p. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1964.
_____.
William Jennings Bryan. II. Progressive Politician and
Moral Statesman, 1909-1915. 380 p. Lincoln, U of Nebraska P,
1969.
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Williams Jennings Bryan. III. Political Puritan,
1915-1925. 334 p. Lincoln, U of Nebraska P, 1969.
Diamond,
William. "Urban and Rural Voting in 1896." American
Historical Review. 46(2):281-305. January 1941.
Urban-rural cleavage in the Bryan vote.
Drury,
Becky Sheeler. "A Rhetorical Analysis and Comparison of the
Speaking of William Jennings Bryan and George Corley Wallace
Within a Political Framework of Populism." Ph.D. Dissertation
(Speech Communication), Purdue University, 1976.
Durden,
Robert F. The Climax of Populism: The Election of 1896. 190
p. Lexington: U of Kentucky P, 1965.
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"The 'Cow‑bird' Grounded: The Populist Nomination of
Bryan and Tom Watson in 1896." Mississippi Valley
Historical Review. 50(3): 397-423. December 1963.
Maintains fusion was not the "Cow-Bird" of
Populism as middle-of-the-roader Henry Demarest Lloyd asserted in
the wake of Bryan's nomination by Populists in 1896.
Watson's choice as the Populist's vice presidential nominee
was necessary to harmonize the factions within the party.
America: History and
Life, 2:2387
Fite,
Gilbert C. "Republican Strategy and the Farm Vote in the
Presidential Campaign of 1896." American Historical Review.
65(4): 787-806. July 1960.
Populist importance implied.
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"William Jennings Bryan and the Campaign of 1896: Some Views
and Problems." Nebraska History. 47:247-64, illus.
September 1966.
Glad,
Paul W. McKinley, Bryan, and the People. 222 p.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1964.
McKinley promoted the "Myth of the Self-Made Man"
and Bryan promoted the "Agrarian Myth."
Both were essentially conservative advocates of the status
quo. Only Populists
had the potential for a more progressive direction. They believed in the Agrarian Myth, but sought a
farmer-laborer alliance.
_____.
The Trumpet Soundeth: William Jennings Bryan and His Democracy,
1896-1912. 242 p. Lincoln: U of Nebraska P, 1960.
Very readable and supportive of Bryan.
_____.
ed., William Jennings Bryan: A Profile. 251 p. New York:
Hill and Wang, 1968.
Greene,
Julie. "The Making of Labor's Democracy: William Jennings
Bryan, the American Federation of Labor, and Progressive Era
Politics." Nebraska History 1996 77(3-4): 149-158.
Bryan's loss in 1896 convinced him that only farm-labor
alliance could bring victory to the Democratic Party.
Thus, Bryan began soliciting the support of American
Federation of Labor (AFL) leaders.
The alliance he forged resulted in the 1908 campaign when
the AFL and the Democratic Party shared decision making on
finances and strategy. Republicans
charged that organized labor, in claiming to speak for all
workers, was dictating how laborers should vote.
Still, Bryan and the AFL changed the Democratic Party from
a conservative, states' rights organization into a liberal,
nationalist party.
America: History and
Life, 34:14199
Hibben,
Paxton. The Peerless Leader, William Jennings Bryan. 446 p.
New York: Farrar, 1929.
Hofstadter,
Richard. The American Political Tradition, and the Men Who Made
It. 378 p. New York: Knopf, 1948.
See "William Jennings Bryan: The Democrat as
Revivalist," pp. 186-205.
A negative assessment.
Hollingsworth,
J. Rogers. The Whirligig of Politics: The Democracy of
Cleveland and Bryan. 263 p. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 1963.
Gives good space to Bryan's relations with Populists.
From Hollingsworth's dissertation, "A Study in Party
Division: The Democratic Party, 1893-1900." U of Chicago,
1960.
Hummel,
Ray Orvin, Jr. "William Jennings Bryan, 1896-1900."
Master's thesis, U of Nebraska, 1931.
Jeansonne,
Glen. "Goldbugs, Silverites, and Satirists: Caricature and
Humor in the Presidential Election of 1896." Journal of
American Culture 1988 11(2): 1-8.
Examines cartoons during the 1896 presidential campaign.
Republicans concentrated their satirical attacks on Bryan
and free silver. Democrats
and Populists usually targeted McKinley's campaign manager, Mark
Hanna, "as a bloated sinister figure with a cruel face,
wearing a suit decorated with dollar signs." America:
History and Life, 27:5061
Jones,
Stanley L. The Presidential Election of 1896. 436 p.
Madison: U of Wisconsin P, 1964.
Gives good coverage to Populism.
Josephson,
Matthew. The Politicos, 1865-1896. 760 p. New York:
Harcourt, 1938. Pp.
669-79, 681-84 contends Populists were betrayed in campaign of
1896. See Durden,
"The 'Cow-Bird' Grounded."
Koenig,
Louis W. Bryan: A Political Biography of William Jennings Bryan.
736 p. New York: Putnam, 1971.
Scholarly biography of Bryan.
Ledbetter,
Calvin R., Jr. "Adoption of Initiative and Referendum in
Arkansas: The Roles of George W. Donaghy and William Jennings
Bryan." Arkansas Historical Quarterly 1992 51(3):
199-223. Arkansas
voters approved the 1910 state constitutional amendment on the
initiative and referendum. Support
came from the State Federation of Labor in 1904, the Farmer's
Union, the Democratic Party, and Governor George W. Donaghy.
Bryan stumped the state in favor of the amendment. America:
History and Life, 31:11811
Rice,
Roy Eugene, "Religion, Democratic Ideology, and Change--A
Study of the Traditionalistic Populism of William Jennings Bryan,
1896-1925" Ph.D. Dissertation (Religion), Harvard University,
1970.
Rothlisberger,
Orland A. "The Populist National Convention in Sioux
Falls." South Dakota History. 1(2):155‑65.
Spring 1971. 1900
convention nominating Bryan.
Schafer,
Joseph, Jr. "The Presidential Election of 1896." Ph.D.
dissertation, U of Wisconsin, 1933.
Schlup,
Leonard. "Nevada's Doctrinaire Senator: John P. Jones and the
Politics of Silver in the Gilded Age." Nevada Historical
Society Quarterly 1993 36(4): 246-262.
US senator from Nevada during 1873-1903.
During the 1890's, Jones bolted the Republican Party,
joined the Populists, and supported William Jennings Bryan for
president in 1896. Although
he rejoined the GOP afterward, Jones still advocated free silver. America:
History and Life, 32:8767
_____. "Charles A. Towne and the Vice-Presidential Question
of 1900." North Dakota History 1977 44(1): 14-20.
Charles A. Populist Towne of Minnesota was an ardent
silverite and William Jennings Bryan's own choice for running mate
on the Democratic ticket in 1900.
Conservative eastern Democrats, however, forced the
nomination of Adlai E. Stevenson at the Democratic National
Convention. Towne campaigned hard for the ticket and probably
would have been offered a cabinet position had Bryan won.
_____, "Bryan's Partner: Arthur
Sewall and the Campaign of 1896." Maine Historical Society Quarterly.
16(4):189-211. Sewall's
selection was unwise. Unknown
nationally.
Silveus,
Marian. "The Antecedents of the Campaign of 1896. Ph.D.
dissertation, University of Wisconsin. 1933.
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"The Election of 1896 in Western Pennsylvania." Western
Pennsylvania History Magazine. 16:99-124, map. May 1933.
Stephens,
Oren. "'Coin' Harvey: The Free Silver Movement's Frustrated
Promoter." American West 1971 8(5): 4-9.
Author of Coin's Financial School (1894) in which he
analyzed the hard time of the 1890s and advocated free silver as a
panacea. Harvey and
his book figured prominently in the 1896 nomination of William
Jennings Bryan by the Democratic, Populist, and Silver parties.
Harvey wrote other books, including an analysis of the 1929 crash. America:
History and Life, 9:2935
Stevens,
S.K. "The Election of 1896 in Pennsylvania." Pennsylvania
History. 4:65-87. April 1937.
Werner,
Morris R. Bryan. 374 p. New York: Harcourt, 1929.
Westin,
Alan Furman. "The Supreme Court, the Populist Movement and
the Campaign of 1896." Journal of Politics.
15:3‑41. February 1953.
Supreme Court decisions and campaign issues.
Wilson,
Charles Morrow. The Commoner: William Jennings Bryan. 487
p. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1970.
Wish,
Harvey. "John Peter Altgeld and the Background of the
Campaign of 1896." Mississippi Valley Historical Review.
24(4):503‑18. March 1938.
Some mention of Populists.
Woodard,
Douglas Dutro. "The Presidential Election of 1896."
Master's thesis, Georgetown U, 1949.
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