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William Jennings Bryan on Contenders

September 23, 2011

Posted by RXB

This week C-SPAN continues its a new American History television series. It will air live each Friday evening at 8:00 PM on C-SPAN. Each program will orginate from a historic site and will feature fourteen men who lost the presidency, but changed history. These contenders were candidates in at least one national election and changed political history as a result of it. This week features William Jennings Bryan.

Contenders featured include Henry Clay, James G. Blaine, William Jennings Bryan, Eugene Debs, Charles Evan Hughes, Al Smith, Wendell Wilkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Adlai Stevenson, Barry Goldwater, Hubert Humphrey, George Wallace, George McGovern, and Ross Perot. Watch them live each Friday night or view them in the Video Library at this site. More information is available C-SPAN The Contenders web site.

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  • mark brandum - September 25, 2011 at 11:02 pm

    i would really like to veiw these shows on your website but i have blank windoes instead of the video. there is just an empty square and a little icon in the upper left hand corner. any help is greatly appreciated.

    mark