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  2. Adlai Stevenson II - Wikipedia

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    Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (/ ˈ æ d l eɪ /; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat and who was the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965.

  3. 1952 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The convention then chose Senator John Sparkman of Alabama, a conservative and segregationist, as Stevenson's running mate. The Supreme Court would not decide Brown v. Board of Education for approximately another two years. Stevenson then delivered an eloquent acceptance speech in which he famously pledged to "talk sense to the American people ...

  4. 1956 Democratic National Convention - Wikipedia

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    The 1956 Democratic National Convention nominated former Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for president and Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee for vice president. It was held in the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of Chicago from August 13 to August 17, 1956.

  5. Opinion - To win the working class, Democrats should ... - AOL

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    A program of liberal patriotic education would devote more time, resources and accountability for students to learn their civic inheritance and shared American history. It would educate students ...

  6. Adlai Stevenson III - Wikipedia

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    Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021) was an American attorney and politician from Illinois. A member of the Democratic Party , he served as a member of the United States Senate from 1970 to 1981.

  7. Former US Sen. Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois dies at 90 - AOL

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    CHICAGO — Former U.S. Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III, the fourth generation of an iconic Illinois Democratic political family to hold public office and who lost the closest governor’s race in ...

  8. Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III dies at 90 - AOL

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    Former U.S. Sen. Adlai E. Stevenson III, the fourth generation of an iconic Illinois Democratic political family to hold public office and who lost the closest governor’s race in state history ...

  9. 1956 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia

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    From March 11 to June 5, 1956, voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for president in the 1956 United States presidential election.Former Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections [1] and caucuses culminating in the 1956 Democratic National Convention held from August 13 to August 17, 1956, in Chicago, Illinois. [2]