William Jennings Bryan 1896 - Documents By Trip
In 1896 as the Democratic Party presidential candidate, Bryan took four major railroad trips, giving stump speeches at nearly every stop on the line. He travelled through the following states, and his speeches have been collected here from newspapers, accounts, papers, and memoirs.
Trip 1 Trip 2 Trip 3| Document | Date | Location | City | Railroad | Crowd |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 6:25 AM | Depot | Lincoln, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 7:35 AM | Depot | Seward, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 4000 | |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 9:00 AM | Depot | York, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 3000 | |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 10:00 AM | Depot | Aurora, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 2000 |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 10:50 AM | Open Square | Grand Island, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 15000 |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 | Depot | Giltner, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
| Monday, November 02, 1896 | Depot | Trumbull, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 1:00 PM | Schoolhouse Square | Hastings, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 15000 |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 2:00 PM | Depot | Harvard, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 3000 |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 2:30 PM | Depot | Saronville, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 2:45 PM | Depot | Sutton, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 1000 | |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 3:05 PM | Depot | Grafton, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 1000 | |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 3:30 PM | Depot | Fairmount, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 2000 | |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 3:40 PM | Depot | Exeter, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 4:10 PM | Depot | Friend, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 1200 | |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 4:30 PM | Depot | Dorchester, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 300 | |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 5:00 PM | Athletic Park | Crete, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 4000 |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 5:43 PM | Lincoln Hotel Balcony | Lincoln, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 20000 |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 | Depot | Greenwood, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
| Monday, November 02, 1896 | Depot | Ashland, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 7:30 PM | Depot | Gretna, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 500 |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 | Boyd's Theater | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 | Washington Hall | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
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Monday, November 02, 1896 | Germania Hall | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | 2500 |
| Monday, November 02, 1896 | Morand's Hall | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | ||
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 10:30 PM | Creighton Hall | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 | Metz Hall | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River | |
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Monday, November 02, 1896 @ 11:00 PM | Creighton Theater | Omaha, NE | Burlington and Missouri River |
