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Adlai Stevenson
Adlai Stevenson may refer to: * Adlai Stevenson I Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the History of the Demo ... (1835–1914), U.S. Vice President (1893–1897) and Congressman (1879–1881) * Adlai Stevenson II (1900–1965), Governor of Illinois (1949–1953), U.S. presidential candidate (1952, 1956, 1960), U.N. Ambassador (1961–1965), grandson of Adlai Stevenson * Adlai Stevenson III (1930–2021) U.S. Senator (1970–1981), candidate for Illinois governor (1982, 1986), son of Adlai Stevenson II See also * Adlai Stevenson House (other) * Adlai E. Stevenson High School (other) * Stevenson College (University of California, Santa Cruz) * Stevenson family {{hndis, Stevenson, Adlai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlai Stevenson I
Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the History of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, Stevenson served as a U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Representative for Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. He was the founder of the Stevenson political family. Appointed assistant United States Postmaster General, postmaster general of the United States in 1885, during First presidency of Grover Cleveland, Cleveland's first administration, Stevenson fired many Republican postal workers and replaced them with Southern Democrats. This earned him the enmity of the Republican-controlled Congress, but made him a favorite as Cleveland's running mate in 1892 United States presidential election, 1892, and he was elected vice president of the United States. During his term of office, St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlai Stevenson II
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956, losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in landslides. Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson, the 23rd vice president of the United States. He was raised in Bloomington, Illinois, and was a member of the Democratic Party. He served in many positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and was a member of the initial U.S. delegations to the UN. In 1948, Stevenson was elected governor of Illinois ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlai Stevenson III
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. A member of the prominent Stevenson family, he also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Treasurer. He unsuccessfully ran for governor of Illinois in 1982 and 1986. He had been awarded Japan’s Order of the Sacred Treasure with gold and silver stars and was an honorary Professor of Renmin University of China. Early life, education, and early career (1930–1964) Adlai Stevenson III was born in Chicago to Ellen Stevenson and two-time Democratic Party presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II. He attended Milton Academy in Massachusetts, Harrow School in England, and Harvard College. He received a law degree in 1957 from Harvard Law School. Stevenson was commissioned as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1952, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlai Stevenson House (other)
The Adlai Stevenson House or Adlai E. Stevenson House may refer to: * Adlai E. Stevenson I House, Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois — where Adlai Stevenson I lived from 1866 * Dodson-Stevenson House, also known as the Adlai Stevenson I House, on North McLean Street on Franklin Square (Bloomington, Illinois), McLean County, Illinois — an 1869 house where Adlai Stevenson I lived * Birthplace of Adlai E. Stevenson II, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California — where the presidential candidate was born in 1900 * Stevenson House (Bloomington, Illinois), also known as the Adlai E. Stevenson II House, on East Washington Street in Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois — where Adlai Stevenson II lived from 1906 * Adlai E. Stevenson II Farm, also known as the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home, in Mettawa, Lake County, Illinois — where Adlai Stevenson II lived from 1936 to 1965 {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adlai E
Adlai may refer to: * Adlai (biblical figure), the father of Shaphat, and the grandfather of the prophet Elisha * Adlai (given name), a list of people with the given name Adlai * Adlai, West Virginia, unincorporated community, United States See also * Job's tears, a grain sometimes known as adlay or adlay millet {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevenson College (University Of California, Santa Cruz)
Adlai E. Stevenson College, known colloquially as Stevenson College, is a residential college at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently, the college is host to the Linguistics Department, as well as many humanities faculty. The college was named after Adlai Stevenson, an American politician and ambassador. The college was founded in 1966, a year after the establishment of the university and its first college, Cowell. Core course The core course at Stevenson College is Self & Society. It is the only two-quarter long core c ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
