William Jennings Bryan was a politician from Nebraska .
William Jennings Bryan ( March 19 , 1860 -- July 26 , 1925 ) was an American orator and politician from Indiana , and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party , standing three times as the Party 's nominee for President of the United States ( 1896 , 1900 and 1908 )
William Jennings Bryan