Adlai E. Stevenson

:This page is about Grover Cleveland's Vice-President; for the Democratic Presidential candidate from the 1950s, see Adlai Stevenson; for the U.S. Senator from Illinois during the 1970s, see Adlai Stevenson III.

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was a Representative from Illinois and the twenty-third Vice President of the United States.

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October 23 - 1835 - June 14 - 1914 - Representative - Illinois - Vice President of the United States

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Stevenson was born in Christian County, Kentucky and moved with his parents to Bloomington, Illinois in 1852. He attended Illinois Wesleyan University at Bloomington and ultimately graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky. Stevenson was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Metamora, Woodford County, Illinois.

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Christian County, Kentucky - Bloomington, Illinois - 1852 - Illinois Wesleyan University - Centre College - Danville, Kentucky - 1858 - Woodford County, Illinois

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In 1864, Stevenson was a presidential elector on the Democratic ticket. He was district attorney from 1865 to 1868. He was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1875-March 3, 1877).

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Later in 1876, Stevenson was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection but was elected to the Forty-sixth Congress (March 4, 1879-March 3, 1881). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1880. He was First Assistant Postmaster General 1885-1889, then elected Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket headed by Grover Cleveland in 1892. He was inaugurated March 4, 1893, and served until March 4, 1897. He was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Vice President in 1900 and for governor of Illinois in 1908.

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1876 - 1879 - 1881 - 1880 - 1885 - 1889 - Grover Cleveland - 1892 - 1893 - 1897 - 1900 - Governor of Illinois - 1908

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Adlai E. Stevenson I retired from public and political activities and resided in Bloomington. He died in Chicago, Illinois and is interred in a family plot in Evergreen Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois.

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Stevenson's son, Lewis G. Stevenson, was Illinois secretary of state (1914-1917). Stevenson's grandson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was Democratic candidate for President of the United States. His great-grandson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson III, was a U.S. senator from Illinois. The actor McLean Stevenson was a great-great-nephew. A section of Interstate 55 in Chicago is named for him.

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Lewis G. Stevenson - Adlai Ewing Stevenson II - President of the United States - Adlai Ewing Stevenson III - U.S. senator - Illinois - McLean Stevenson - Interstate 55

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