"He's too young and he's traveling on the reputation of his father," a hostile Winnetka Republican said recently of Adlai E. Stevenson III '52, the Democratic candidate for Treasurer of Illinois.
Question: In the 1950s, a man from Bloomington-Normal — Democrat Adlai Stevenson II — ran for ... Kamala Harris have won McLean County in the years since 2008.
In 1952 Adlai Stevenson spoke on racial discrimination to a segregated audience in Richmond, Virginia. The speech was moderate, but left no doubt that Stevenson was determined to campaign for ...
Question: That bronzed sculpture greeting travelers at Central Illinois Regional Airport — of twice-presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II, sitting on a bench with his feet up on a travel ...
On the Democratic side, Adlai Stevenson II was not unfamiliar with the history of vice president choices in rematch years. Remarkably ... Kennedy. Early in 1956, speculation among pundits was ...