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Stevenson's 1952 running mate was Senator John Sparkman of Alabama. Stevenson accepted the Democratic nomination with an acceptance speech that, according to contemporaries, "electrified the delegates:" [ 55 ]
Aug 8, 2006 · Governor Stevenson now announced that, contrary to all precedent, he would indicate no preference for a running mate. To the horror and stupefaction of the Party professionals, he left the choice of the candidate for Vice-President to the convention.
The 1952 United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1952. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II in a landslide victory, becoming the first Republican president in 20 years. This was the first election since 1928 ...
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- Richard Nixon
Oct 13, 2022 · In 1952 he chose an avowed segregationist, Sen. John Sparkman of Alabama, as his vice-presidential running mate, an act for which history would refuse to forgive a Republican nominee, if any had done so.
- 1952
- 1956
- 1960
Democratic primaries
1952 Democratic Party presidential primaries: 1. Estes Kefauver- 3,169,448 (65.04%) 2. Pat Brown- 485,578 (9.97%) 3. Richard Russell, Jr.- 371,179 (7.62%) 4. Matthew M. Neely- 191,471 (3.93%) 5. Robert J. Bulkley- 184,880 (3.79%) 6. Hubert Humphrey- 102,527 (2.10%) 7. Adlai Stevenson - 81,096 (1.66%) 8. Dwight Eisenhower- 64,911 (1.33%) 9. Harry S. Truman(inc.) - 62,345 (1.28%) 10. Unpledged delegates - 46,361 (0.95%) 11. Robert S. Kerr- 45,285 (0.93%) 12. William O. Douglas- 29,532 (0.61%) 1...
Democratic primaries
1956 Democratic Party presidential primaries: 1. Adlai Stevenson II - 3,069,504 (50.70%) 2. Estes Kefauver- 2,283,172 (37.71%) 3. Unpledged delegates - 380,300 (6.28%) 4. Frank J. Lausche- 278,074 (4.59%) 5. John W. McCormack- 26,128 (0.43%) 6. Dwight D. Eisenhower- 6,358 (0.11%) 7. W. Averell Harriman- 3,368 (0.06%) 8. Robert Meyner- 1,129 (0.02%) 9. John F. Kennedy- 949 (0.02%) 10. Harry S. Truman- 728 (0.01%) 11. Stuart Symington- 402 (0.01%) 12. Paul A. Dever- 207 (0.00%) 13. Lyndon B. Jo...
Democratic primaries
1960 Democratic Party presidential primaries: 1. John F. Kennedy- 1,847,259 (31.43%) 2. Pat Brown- 1,354,031 (23.04%) 3. George H. McLain- 646,387 (11.00%) 4. Hubert Humphrey- 590,410 (10.05%) 5. George Smathers- 322,235 (5.48%) 6. Michael DiSalle- 315,312 (5.37%) 7. Unpledged delegates - 241,958 (4.12%) 8. Albert S. Potter- 208,057 (3.54%) 9. Wayne Morse- 147,262 (2.51%) 10. Adlai Stevenson - 51,833 (0.88%)
He was governor of Illinois from 1949-53; he was nominated twice for the Presidency, in 1952 and 1956, and he was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961-65. But his legacy was varied, and much of it fell within three broad themes: Helping the Midwest in the 1930s to burst from its isolationism.
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Eisenhower chose as his running mate Senator Richard Nixon of California, best known for his pursuit of Alger Hiss. Other Republican candidates in this year were Governor Earl Warren of California and former Minnesota Governor Harold Stassen, who had both hoped to emerge as a compromise candidate in case of a deadlock between Eisenhower and Taft.
