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Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States 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.
Jun 10, 2024 · Adlai Stevenson (born Oct. 23, 1835, Christian County, Ky., U.S.—died June 14, 1914, Chicago, Ill.) was the 23rd vice president of the United States (1893–97) in the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland.
Adlai E. Stevenson was a U.S. political leader and diplomat who helped found the United Nations (UN), where he served as chief U.S. delegate (1961–65); he is mainly remembered by his countrymen as the eloquent, witty, but unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the presidency in 1952 and 1956.
Oct 12, 2018 · Adlai Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician known for his sharp wit, eloquence, and popularity among intellectuals and the so-called "egghead" vote in the United States.
His was a rather shabby gentility, epitomized by a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph of him with a hole worn in the sole of his shoe. But to a generation of Americans now passing from the scene, Adlai Stevenson was a hero. Even a young Henry Kissinger was a fan.
On October 25th 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, United States ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, addressed the UN Security Council.
Adlai Ewing Stevenson was a rarity in American public life, a cultivated, urbane, witty, articulate politician whose popularity was untarnished by defeat and whose stature grew in diplomacy. He...
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was an American politician. He was vice president of the United States under Grover Cleveland, and ran for President and several other political offices, but lost.
A devout Democrat in a staunchly Republican district, Adlai E. Stevenson I managed to be twice elected to the U.S. Congress by the people of McLean County in the 1870s. From 1893-1897, Stevenson served as Vice President under President Grover Cleveland and was the vice presidential running-mate of William Jennings Brya...
Adlai E. Stevenson I (1835-1914), patriarch of the family and founder of a political dynasty, was vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897. His son, Lewis G. Stevenson, who served as Illinois secretary of state, unsuccessfully sought the Democratic vice presidential nomination in 1928.
