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Charles W. Bryan 
30th Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska In office
1935–1937Preceded by Fenton B. Fleming Succeeded by Oren S. Copeland 23rd Governor of Nebraska In office
January 8, 1931 – January 3, 1935Lieutenant Theodore Metcalfe Preceded by Arthur J. Weaver Succeeded by Robert Leroy Cochran 20th Governor of Nebraska In office
January 3, 1923 – January 8, 1925Lieutenant Fred G. Johnson Preceded by Samuel R. McKelvie Succeeded by Adam McMullen 23rd Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska In office
1915–1917Preceded by Frank Connell Zehrung Succeeded by John Eschelman Miller Personal details Born February 10, 1867
Salem, IllinoisDied March 4, 1945 (aged 78)
Lincoln, NebraskaNationality American Political party Democratic Spouse(s) Mary Louise Brokaw Religion Baptist 
Ever Hopeful
A November, 1924 cartoon depicts Bryan with his brother, William, sitting on a log marked "Almost the Solid South" looking at the sun marked "1928" where more hope might come for them. Charles unsuccessfully ran for the vice presidency in the 1924 election having lost a number of southern states.Charles Wayland Bryan (February 10, 1867 – March 4, 1945) was the younger brother of perennial U.S. Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, with whom he shares the distinction of being the only set of brothers to be nominated for national office by a major party.
Biography
Born in 1867 in Salem, Illinois, Bryan served as mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska from 1915 to 1917, and again from 1935 to 1937, and as the 20th and 23rd Governor of Nebraska from 1923 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1935. He was an unsuccessful candidate for governor in 1926, 1928, and 1938.
Bryan was also notable as the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 1924, where he was picked largely because of his name to serve as running mate to conservative easterner John W. Davis. The ticket was overwhelmingly defeated. He died in 1945 in Lincoln, Nebraska, and is buried at the Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.
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Charles W. and William Jennings BryanPolitical offices Preceded by
Frank Connell ZehrungMayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
1915 – 1917Succeeded by
John Eschelman MillerPreceded by
Samuel R. McKelvieGovernor of Nebraska
1923 – 1925Succeeded by
Adam McMullenPreceded by
Arthur J. WeaverGovernor of Nebraska
1931 – 1935Succeeded by
Robert Leroy CochranPreceded by
Fenton B. FlemingMayor of Lincoln, Nebraska
1935 – 1937Succeeded by
Oren Sturmon CopelandParty political offices Preceded by
Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Party vice presidential candidate
1924 (lost)Succeeded by
Joseph Taylor RobinsonGovernors of Nebraska 
Territorial (1854–1867) 
State (since 1867) Butler · James (acting) · Furnas · Garber · Nance · Dawes · Thayer · Boyd · Crounse · Holcomb · Poynter · Dietrich · Savage · Mickey · Sheldon · Shallenberger · Aldrich · Morehead · Neville · McKelvie · Bryan · McMullen · Weaver · Bryan · Cochran · Griswold · Peterson · Crosby · Anderson · Brooks · Burney · Morrison · Tiemann · Exon · Thone · Kerrey · Orr · Nelson · Johanns · HeinemanCategories:- 1867 births
- 1945 deaths
- Baptists from the United States
- Governors of Nebraska
- United States presidential candidates, 1924
- Democratic Party (United States) vice presidential nominees
- Mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska
- People from Lincoln, Nebraska
- Nebraska Democrats
- People from Marion County, Illinois
- Midwestern United States mayor stubs
- Nebraska politician stubs
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