Two-time Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan,

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Choice A: This answer choice preserves the intended meaning of the sentence and maintains proper idiomatic construction and pronoun use throughout the sentence. Thus, this answer choice is correct.

Choice B: This answer choice utilizes the phrase "as an opponent of", rather than the considerably more concise "to oppose". Moreover, the phrase "known as" is synonymous with "called"; this means that it is not the correct phrase to use here, as it implies that other people called the subject "an opponent of evolution on religious grounds". The correct phrase is "known to be". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice C: This answer choice utilizes the unidiomatic phrase "opposition with", rather than the correct phrase "opposition to". Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice D: This answer choice suffers from a meaning-based error; the construction "religiously opposed" implies that the subject opposed something in a religious manner, while the intended meaning is that the subject opposed evolution on the basis of religion. Additionally, the pronoun "it" has no clear antecedent here. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Choice E: This answer choice repeats the pronoun-related error seen in Option D. Thus, this answer choice is incorrect.

Hence, A is the best answer choice.

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