William Lyne Wilson

He was a prominent Democrat but broke with the party in 1896 in protest against the "free Silver" platform of William Jennings Bryan . Instead, like many Grover Cleveland Democrats, he supported the National Democratic Party (United States) third ticket. The new party, nicknamed the Gold Democrats, championed the gold standard, limited government, and opposed Protectionism .

	Before	Wilson S Bissell
	Title	United States Postmaster General
	Years	1895 &ndash 1897

REFERENCE

David T. Beito and Linda Royster Beito, "Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900," Independent Review 4 (Spring 2000), 555-75.

	CATEGORIES ABOUT WILLIAM LYNE WILSON

	united states postmasters general

	wilson, william lyne

	members of the united states house of representatives from west virginia

	1843 births

	1900 deaths

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