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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 Impeachment of Adlai Stevenson" David Gerrold: Adlai Stevenson is elected in 1952 because Dwight D. Eisenhower chooses Joseph McCarthy as his running mate instead of Richard Nixon. Stevenson is re-elected in 1956 but is impeached and forced to resign in 1958.
Stevenson met his future wife, Nancy Anderson, in 1953 while he was in tank training at Fort Knox in preparation for his deployment to Japan and then Korea. The couple was married in 1955 at Nancy’s home outside of Louisville. [36] Together, they had four children. His son Adlai Stevenson IV is a business executive and former journalist. [5]
John Bartlow Martin (August 4, 1915 – January 3, 1987) was an American diplomat, author of 15 books, ambassador, and speechwriter and confidant to many Democratic politicians including Adlai Stevenson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Hubert Humphrey. [1]
Jacob M. Arvey (November 3, 1895 – August 25, 1977) was an influential Chicago political leader from the Depression era until the mid-1950s. He may be best known for his efforts to end corruption in the Chicago Democratic organization, and for promoting the candidacies of liberal Democratic politicians such as Adlai Stevenson and Senator Paul Douglas of Illinois.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was the 23rd vice president of the United States, serving from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the Democratic Party , Stevenson served as a U.S. Representative for Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s.
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Adlai Stevenson III, former United States Senator as well as the son of former Governor (1949-1953) & 1952+1956 Democratic Nominee Adlai Stevenson II and great-grandson of former Vice-President Adlai Stevenson I (1893-1897), won the primary for the gubernatorial nomination unopposed.