Richard P. Bland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American politician
Date of Birth: 19-Aug-1835
Place of Birth: Hartford, Kentucky, United States
Date of Death: 15-Jun-1899
Profession: lawyer, politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Richard P. Bland
- Richard Parks Bland (August 19, 1835 – June 15, 1899) was an American politician, lawyer, and educator from Missouri.
- A Democrat, Bland served in the United States House of Representatives from 1873 to 1895 and from 1897 to 1899, representing at various times the Missouri 5th, 8th and 11th congressional districts.
- Nicknamed "Silver Dick" for his efforts to promote bimetallism, Bland is best known for the Bland–Allison Act. Born in Kentucky, he established a legal practice in Utah Territory after working as a miner and schoolteacher.
- He served as the treasurer of Carson County from 1860 to 1864 during the peak years of the Comstock Lode mining rush.
- He settled in Missouri in 1865 and established a legal practice in Lebanon, Missouri.
- He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1872 and quickly established himself as a leading advocate of the free silver movement.
- He sponsored the Bland–Allison Act, which required the United States Department of the Treasury to buy a certain amount of silver and put it into circulation as silver dollars.
- He also established himself as an anti-imperialist.
- Bland lost re-election in the 1894 election but won his seat back in 1896. Bland was a leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1896, though he expressed reluctance about running for president.
- His marriage to a Catholic woman engendered opposition from the anti-Catholic elements of the party.
- Bland received the most votes on the first three ballots of the 1896 Democratic National Convention, but not enough to win the necessary majority.
- William Jennings Bryan, who also favored bimetallism, won the Democratic nomination on the fifth ballot and went on to lose to Republican William McKinley in the 1896 presidential election.
- After the convention, Bland served in the House from 1897 to his death in 1899.
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