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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.
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 ...
The highlight of the 1956 Democratic Convention came when Stevenson, in an effort to create excitement for the ticket, made the surprise announcement that the convention's delegates would choose his running mate. Stevenson decided not to reselect his 1952 running mate John Sparkman. This set off a desperate scramble among several candidates to ...
“True patriotism, it seems to me, is based on tolerance and a large measure of humility.” — Adlai Stevenson II. This article was originally published on TODAY.com. Show comments.
Adlai Stevenson I of Illinois ‹ 1888 · 1896 › The 1892 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago , Illinois, from June 21 to 23, 1892. and nominated former President Grover Cleveland , who had been the party's standard-bearer in 1884 and 1888.
The Living Room Candidate is a website created by the American Museum of the Moving Image in 2004. [1] [2] It consists of U.S. presidential election campaign commercials dating back to the Dwight D. Eisenhower — Adlai Stevenson race of 1952.
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 ...
Adlai Stevenson II, the Governor of Illinois, was not a declared candidate at the time of the primary, and was, in fact, on the same day, running for renomination as Governor of Illinois. [6] [7] He would only become a candidate after being drafted at the Democratic National Convention. Nonetheless, he placed second in the Illinois primary. [6] [7]