Adlai Stevenson

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Person.png Adlai Stevenson  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(diplomat, politician)
Kennedy phone call.jpg
13 February 1961: President John F. Kennedy hears of Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba's murder from UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson
BornAdlai Ewing Stevenson II
1900-02-05
Los Angeles, United States
Died1965-07-14 (Age 65)
London, England, United Kingdom
Alma materPrinceton University, Northwestern University
ReligionUnitarian Universalist
SpouseEllen Borden
Member ofCouncil on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Phi Delta Theta
PartyDemocratic

Employment.png Governor of Illinois

In office
10 January 1949 - 12 January 1953

Adlai Stevenson (5 February 1900 – 14 July 1965) was an American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 US presidential election, even though he had not campaigned in the primaries.

Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. In 1956 he was again the Democratic presidential nominee against Eisenhower, but was defeated in an even greater landslide. After the 1956 campaign, Stevenson formed a legal firm with W. Willard Wirtz "that strictly abstained from politics", whose clients included the De Beers diamond merchant Maurice Tempelsman.[1]

He sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time in the election of 1960, but was defeated by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. President Kennedy appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served from 1961 to 1965, dying on 14 July 1965, in London after suffering a heart attack.[2]

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References

  1. John Frederick Martin, Historically Speaking (2013) 14#4 p4 "The Trappings of Democracy"
  2. Document:Hammarskjold and Kennedy vs. The Power Elite


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