Stevenson came back for more in 1956, marking the last time that two successive presidential elections featured the same two candidates (although that could happen again in 2024).

Help celebrate Adlai E. Stevenson II’s 112th birthday! The Lake County Forest Preserve District and the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy celebrate the 112th birthday of Adlai Stevenson II at ...

His father, Adlai Stevenson II, was a former Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate who lost to Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956. Sign up. Advertisement.

With less than a month to go in the 1952 presidential election, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, the governor of Illinois, landed his chartered plane in Spokane for a stump speech Oct. 15, 1952.

Remarkably, his grandfather Adlai Stevenson, formerly an assistant postmaster general, had twice been the Democratic vice-presidential nominee: in Grover Cleveland’s successful 1892 rematch with ...

In Manhattan Adlai Stevenson sat at the desk in his Savoy-Plaza Hotel room and labored over a speech for Minnesota delivery later in the week. Through a connecting doorway, Stevenson could see ...

Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. News. Home Page ... appreciatively for his efforts to heal the wounds left by the Anglo-American differences over the Suez Canal dispute of 1956.

He will, when and if jurisdictional responsibilities are ironed out, boss Adlai Stevenson’s 1956 campaign and go right ahead with Operation Coattails, reverse or otherwise.

The New York Times sent reporters across the country to interview people like these men listening to Democratic Party presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson on his October 1956 whistle-stop tour ...

Adlai III (known to his family and friends as “Ad”) was the son of Adlai Stevenson II, the Democratic presidential candidate in 1952 and 1956, who was referred to as “the Gov”, as he was ...

Exterior renovation of the Adlai E. Stevenson Historic Home in Mettawa is set to begin nearly two years ... United Nations ambassador and Democratic Party nominee for president in 1952 and 1956.