What is another word for William Jennings Bryan?

Pronunciation: [wˈɪli͡əm d͡ʒˈɛnɪŋz bɹˈa͡ɪən] (IPA)

William Jennings Bryan was a famous American lawyer, orator, and politician who is synonymous with his advocacy for the silver standard and his Christian beliefs. He was popularly referred to as the "Great Commoner" due to his ability to connect with ordinary people. Other synonyms for him include "The Boy Orator of the Platte" for his youthful age when he first gained national attention, "The Nebraska Cyclone" for his energetic and passionate style of speaking, and "The Silver-Tongued Orator" for his eloquence in public speaking. He also ran for president three times and was a staunch opponent of evolution, earning him the nickname of "The Fundamentalist".

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  • I bought a copy of the out of a metal box, just to see what was happening in the world. The principal story indicated that the state legislature, in one of those moments of enlightenment with which the southern states often strive to distinguish themselves, was in the process of passing a law forbidding schools from teaching evolution. Instead they were to be required to instruct that that the earth was created by God, in seven days, sometime, oh, before the turn of the century. The article reminded us that this was not a new issue in Tennessee. The little town of Dayton—not far from where Katz and I now sat, as it happened—was the scene of the famous Scopes trial in 1925, when the state prosecuted a schoolteacher named John Thomas Scopes for rashly promulgating Darwinian hogwash. As nearly everyone knows, Clarence Darrow, for the defense, roundly humiliated William Jennings Bryan, for the prosecution, but what most people don’t realize is that Darrow lost the case. Scopes was convicted, and the law wasn’t overturned in Tennessee until 1967. And now the state was about to bring the law back, proving conclusively that the danger for Tennesseans isn’t so much that they may be descended from apes as overtaken by them.
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