William Jennings Bryan

The Files

• The "Great Reset" of 1899 — Embodied the late-1890s debtor and free-silver cause, making monetary relief and anti-creditor politics central to the atmosphere in which reset theories circulated.
• The "Gold Standard" as British Slavery — The most famous national spokesman against gold monometallism, whose 1896 campaign turned the monetary struggle into a mass political crusade.
• Federal Reserve Death Warrant — Most famous political champion of free silver and a symbolic origin figure for later silver-prosecution narratives.
• The "Crime of 1873" — Later popularizer of anti-gold monetary politics, though the “Crime of ’73” preceded his rise.
• The "Silver" Judas Plot — Gave later political expression to the moralized anti-gold interpretation of the silver issue.

Connected Figures & Organizations

• U.S. Congress · 3 shared
• U.S. Treasury · 2 shared
• William McKinley · 2 shared
• Ernest Seyd · 2 shared
• Richard P. Bland · 2 shared
• Federal Reserve System · 1 shared
• Bank of England · 1 shared
• United States Congress · 1 shared
• Pope Leo XIII · 1 shared
• United States Mint · 1 shared
• Farmers’ Alliances · 1 shared
• Populist Party · 1 shared

Timeline

1. 1821The "Gold Standard" as British Slavery
2. 1873The "Crime of 1873"
3. 1873The "Silver" Judas Plot
4. 1878Federal Reserve Death Warrant
5. 1899The "Great Reset" of 1899