Charles W. Bryan

Charles Wayland Bryan (born February 10, 1867 in Salem , Illinois , † March 4, 1945 in Lincoln , Nebraska ) was an American politician and between 1923 and 1925 the 21st and from 1931 to 1935 the 24th governor of the state of Nebraska .

Early years

Charles Bryan was a brother of William Jennings Bryan , who played a leading role in the populist movement in the 1890s and ran unsuccessfully for the Democrats in the presidential elections. He attended Illinois College in Jacksonville and the University of Chicago . After leaving school he worked in various professions such as B. Farmer or Dealer. For a time he was also his brother William's secretary.

Political advancement and first term as governor

Bryan was a member of the Democratic Party. Between 1915 and 1917 he served as mayor of Lincoln. In 1922 he was elected governor of Nebraska for the first time, where he prevailed with 51:49 percent of the vote against the Republican incumbent Arthur J. Weaver . His two-year term began on January 3, 1923 and ended on January 8, 1925. During this time, the economy not only experienced a great boom in Nebraska, so taxes could be reduced. For the 1924 presidential election he was nominated by his party as a candidate for the vice presidency . At the side of John W. Davis he went into the election campaign, which the duo clearly lost against Republicans Calvin Coolidge and Charles Gates Dawes . In 1926 and 1928, Bryan applied unsuccessfully for a return to the governorship. This was partly due to the general federal trend, which saw the Republicans on the rise in those years.

Second term as governor

In 1930 Bryan was re-elected to the office of governor. After re-election in 1932, he was able to exercise it until January 3, 1935. During the first two years the state, like the rest of the western world, suffered from the consequences of the global economic crisis . The situation improved after Franklin D. Roosevelt came to power , whose New Deal policy also helped Nebraska out of the crisis. In 1934, Bryan ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US Senate .

After his tenure ended in January 1935, Bryan remained politically active. Between 1935 and 1937 he was again mayor of Lincoln. In 1938 he reapplied for the office of governor. This attempt was just as unsuccessful as his candidacy for Congress in 1940. Charles Bryan died on March 4, 1945. He was married to Mary Louise Brokaw, with whom he had three children.

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SURNAME	Bryan, Charles W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bryan, Charles Wayland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	February 10, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salem , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	March 4, 1945
Place of death	Lincoln , Nebraska