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==Background==
==Background==
Bailey was born and briefly educated in Winn Parish to Berrien F. and Lucy Ann Teagle Bailey, immigrants from Cuthbert, [[Georgia]]. In October 1890, he moved from his family property to the seat of government in Winnfield to become the manager of a branch store of the local Farmers Union Cooperative Association. By 1894, he was owner of the Bailey Hotel in Winnfield. In 1902, Bailey drilled the first [[oil]] well in Winn Parish,<ref name=bailey>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/bailey/messages/9169.html|title=Zachariah and Bryant Bailey|publisher=genforum.genealogy.com|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> a year after the first such structure had been undertaken in the state in 1901 near Jennings in Jeff Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Heywood, Walter Scott|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref>
Bailey was born and briefly educated in Winn Parish to Berrien F. and Lucy Ann Teagle Bailey, immigrants from Cuthbert, [[Georgia]]. In October 1890, he moved from his family property to the seat of government in Winnfield to become the manager of a branch store of the local Farmers Union Cooperative Association. By 1894, he was owner of the Bailey Hotel in Winnfield. In 1902, Bailey drilled the first [[oil]] well in Winn Parish,<ref name=bailey>{{cite web|url=http://genforum.genealogy.com/bailey/messages/9169.html|title=Zachariah and Bryant Bailey|publisher=genforum.genealogy.com|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref> a year after the first such structure had been undertaken in the state in 1901 near Jennings in Jeff Davis Parish in southwestern Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-h/|title=Bailey, Bryant|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|accessdate=January 9, 2020}}</ref>
==Populist Party==
==Populist Party==