1860-1925. US politician who campaigned
unsuccessfully for the presidency three
times: as the Populist and Democratic nominee
1896, as an anti-imperialist Democrat 1900,
and as a Democratic tariff reformer 1908. He
served as President Wilson's secretary of
state 1913-15. In the early 1920s he was a
leading fundamentalist and opponent of
Clarence Darrow in the Scopes monkey trial.
He died shortly after from the strain.