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Arthur Sewall nominated as Democratic vice-presidential candidate

At the Democratic National Convention in Chicago delegates nominated Maine shipowner and financier Arthur Sewall as William Jennings Bryan’s vice-presidential running mate.

Sewall’s selection was intended to balance Bryan’s populist, agrarian appeal with an eastern business figure, but it highlighted and later contributed to fractures between silver Democrats and the Populist Party.

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