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Adlai Ewing Stevenson I was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevenson served as a U.S. Representative for Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. He was the founder of the Stevenson political family.

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politics · Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897 · politician · lawyer · jurist · prosecutor · also Adlai Stevenson I, Adlai E. Stevenson I, Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Adlai Ewing Stevenson I, Adlai E. Stevenson, Adlai Stevenson

Born 23 October 1835 · Died 14 June 1914 · Q310839

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The Home Book of American Quotations
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Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson
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2010· 1 entry

Apr 3, 2010Documented record69% confidence

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The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus: Adlai Stevenson I home to hit auction block

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1991· 1 entry

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It was moved to the opposite end of the corridor, which required moving the bust of Vice President Charles W

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1967· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1967Documented record75% confidence

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“The Home Book of American Quotations”

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1962· 1 entry

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Stevenson's alma mater, Centre College, named a newly built residence hall "Stevenson House" in his honor

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1952· 2 entries

1952Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And 1956 and governor of Illinois (1949–1953)

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Jan 1, 1952Documented record75% confidence

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“Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson”

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1914· 1 entry

Jun 14, 1914Documented record86% confidence

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Died 1914-06-14.

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1910· 1 entry

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The bust collection was reorganized, and Stevenson's bust was placed in the main Senate corridor

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1909· 1 entry

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Was brought in by founder Jesse Grant Chapline to aid distance learning school La Salle Extension University

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1900· 1 entry

1900Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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Ran for vice president with William Jennings Bryan

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1893· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1893Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: Vice President of the United States (1893–1897).

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1892· 2 entries

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Now ran in 1900 with Cleveland's opponent Bryan

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1892Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

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And he was elected vice president of the United States

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1885· 1 entry

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During Cleveland's first administration, Stevenson fired many Republican postal workers and replaced them with Southern Democrats

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1884· 1 entry

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But a redistricting made his district safely Republican

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1881· 1 entry

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A Democratic newspaper that sought to challenge the Republican Pantagraph

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1880· 1 entry

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Again a presidential election year, he once more lost narrowly, and he lost again in 1882 in his final race for Congress

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1878· 1 entry

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Ran on both the Democratic and Greenback tickets and won, returning to a House from which one-third of his earlier colleagues had either voluntarily retired or been removed by the voters

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1876· 1 entry

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Stevenson was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection

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1875· 1 entry

Jan 1, 1875Documented record84% confidence

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Career landmark: United States representative (1875–1877).

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1869· 1 entry

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At the end of his term as state's attorney, he entered law practice with his cousin, James Stevenson Ewing, moving with his wife back to Bloomington, Illinois, and settling in a large house on Franklin Square

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1864· 1 entry

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Stevenson was a presidential elector for the Democratic ticket

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1850· 1 entry

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When he was 14, frost killed the family's tobacco crop

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1835· 2 entries

Oct 23, 1835Documented record66% confidence

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To John Turner and Eliza Ann Ewing Stevenson, Wesleyans of Scots-Irish descent

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Oct 23, 1835Documented record86% confidence

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Born 1835-10-23.

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