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Adlai Stevenson
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He was the first divorced person to be the presidential nominee of a major political party.
(1952, 1956) Democratic nominee for U.S. President.
Governor of Illinois (1949-1953).
Attended Northwestern University School of Law.
His eldest son, Adlai E. Stevenson III, served as U.S. Senator from Illinois (1970-1981)
Pictured on a 5¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 23 October 1965.
Cousin of late actor
McLean Stevenson
.
4 children, Adlai, Katherine, Lucy, and Warwick.
He was the grandson of U.S. Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson, who served under Grover Cleveland during his second from 1893 to 1897.
Democratic Party nominee in the 1952 and 1956 US presidential elections. He lost both times to
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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