Charles W. Bryan

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21^st Governor of Nebraska
Charles Wayland Bryan

In office January 3, 1923 – January 8, 1925
Lieutenant	Fred G. Johnson
Preceded by	Samuel R. McKelvie
Succeeded by	Adam McMullen
25^th Governor of Nebraska
In office January 8, 1931 – January 3, 1935
Lieutenant	Theodore Metcalfe
Preceded by	Arthur J. Weaver
Succeeded by	Robert Leroy Cochran
Democrat candidate for Vice President of the United States
Election date November 4, 1924
Running mate	John W. Davis
Opponent(s)	Charles G. Dawes (R) Burton K. Wheeler (Progressive)
Incumbent	Vacant
Preceded by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded by	Joseph Taylor Robinson

Born	February 10, 1867 Salem, Illinois
Died	March 4, 1945 (aged 78)
Nationality	American
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	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.

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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 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. Bryan at Find A Grave

Preceded by Frank Connell Zehrung	Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska 1915 – 1917	Succeeded by John Eschelman Miller
Preceded by Samuel R. McKelvie	Governor of Nebraska 1923 – 1925	Succeeded by Adam McMullen
Preceded by Franklin Delano Roosevelt	Democratic Party vice presidential candidate 1924 (lost)	Succeeded by Joseph Taylor Robinson
Preceded by Arthur J. Weaver	Governor of Nebraska 1931 – 1935	Succeeded by Robert Leroy Cochran
Preceded by Fenton B. Fleming	Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska 1935 – 1937	Succeeded by Oren Sturmon Copeland

v • d • e Governors of Nebraska

Butler • James • 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 • Heineman