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Harriet Beecher is born to Lyman & Roxanna Beecher Litchfield, Connecticut. Lyman Beecher is a preacher in the Congregationalist church. Roxanna Beecher dies when Harriet is 4 years old?
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At age 40, Harriet Beecher Stowe begins publishing Uncle Tom's Cabin as a serial novel in the National Era.
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William Jennings Bryan is born to Silas and Mariah in Salem, Illinois. His father is a circuit judge and one of the more prominent members of their small farm community.
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Lincoln is elected with 40% of the vote and carries no states outside the north and the west.
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The 13th Amendment constitutionally prohibits slavery when Harriet Beecher Stowe is 54 years old.
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William Jennings Bryan is elected a Congressman from Nebraska at age 30.
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At age 85, Harriet Beecher Stowe dies in Hartford, Connecticut.
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After delivering an impassioned speech against the gold standard, William Jennings Bryan is unexpectedly nominated for President by the Democratic Party. At 36, WJB was the youngest person ever nominated for President by a major political party.
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At age 40, William Jennings Bryan is nominated for President a second time.
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer is born in Breslau to a wealthy, aristocratic family. His father is one of the leading psychologists in Germany.
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At age 48, William Jennings Bryan is nominated for President a 3rd and final time.
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Woodrow Wilson becomes the first Democrat elected President since Grover Cleveland in 1892. Wilson's progressive platform marks a decisive break from the conservative Democratic Party policies of his predecessors.
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From 1913-1915 (age 53-55), William Jennings Bryan briefly serves as Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson. He resigns when he feels Wilson's foreign policy favors the British in World War I.
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At age 65, William Jennings Bryan dies shortly after the Scopes Trial concludes.
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