William Jennings Bryan stepped off the train at ... As a congressman from Lincoln, Nebraska, his eloquent "Cross of Gold" speech won him the first of three presidential nominations.

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Fairview is the former home of William Jennings Bryan, a larger-than-life political figure who called Nebraska home, and who ran for president three times. We visited with ...

Before Woodrow Wilson became the standard bearer for the Democratic Party, that honor belonged to William Jennings Bryan ... mankind upon a cross of gold." It gained Bryan the presidential ...