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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Illinois in 1860, Bryan moved to Nebraska and won a House seat in 1890. At the 1896 Democratic convention he delivered his "Cross of Gold" speech, attacking the gold standard and eastern money, and walked out with the nomination at 36 — the youngest major party candidate in U.S. history. He invented the national stumping tour that year, speaking to 5 million people across 27 states, but lost to McKinley. He won the nomination again in 1900, campaigning against American imperialism after serving as a colonel in the Spanish-American War, and lost again. After a party detour in 1904, he reclaimed the nomination in 1908 and lost a third time, to Taft. Wilson made him secretary of state in 1913; he helped pass progressive reforms but resigned in 1915, believing Wilson too harsh on Germany after the Lusitania sinking. His final act was prosecuting the 1925 Scopes trial against teaching evolution. He died in July that year, days after the verdict.