Noted orator and statesman, William Jennings Bryan three times was defeated in his quest for the U.S. presidency. Moving from Illinois to Nebraska in 1887, Bryan in 1890 became the second Nebraska Democrat to be elected to Congress. In the 1896 presidential campaign, he argued for free coinage of silver, tariff reform, and an income tax. In 1900, he favored anti-imperialism. President Woodrow Wilson named Bryan Secretary of State, but he resigned in 1915 after Germany sank the Lusitania because he believed Wilson's strong protest could involved this country in a world war. Bryan was instrumental in the adoption of the 18th and 19th Amendments to the Constitution. An anti-evolutionist, he counseled on the famous Scopes trial.