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They may not have been the most successful bids for election—and some definitely didn't stand the test of time—but these are certainly the funniest presidential campaign slogans ever created. Yes, we ...
May 25—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 ...
He died of a heart attack while in office in 1983. Jackson had run for the presidency in 1972 and 1976. Gov. Stevenson lost both the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections.
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 ...
In fact, Eisenhower’s victory in 1956 far surpassed that of 1952; in the rematch, he crushed Stevenson by more than 9.5 million votes. The Times conceded in an after-election article that its ...
President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, left, with Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, greet crowds after Adlai Stevenson conceded defeat on Nov. 7, 1956. Bettmann/Getty Images ...
President Dwight Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie, left, with Vice President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat, greet crowds after Adlai Stevenson conceded defeat on Nov. 7, 1956. Bettmann/Getty Images ...
Now divided 52 for Adlai, 5½ for Ave, three undecided (of which 1½ lean to Harriman). Maryland (18): Stevenson is almost certain to pick up Primary Winner Kefauver’s 18 unit-rule votes.
Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S.Tapes Interview Only half an hour before he fell to the sidewalk at 5:10 p.m. as he strolled past the International Sportsmen’s Club on Upper Grosvenor St., he had taped ...
Adlai E. Stevenson II’s 112th Birthday By The Adlai Stevenson Center On Democracy Feb 5, 2012, 7:57pm PST Listen ...
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 ...