Adlai Stevenson II, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Adlai Stevenson II

mid-20th-century Governor of Illinois and Ambassador to the UN

Date of Birth: 05-Feb-1900

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Date of Death: 14-Jul-1965

Profession: lawyer, politician, diplomat

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Adlai Stevenson II

  • Adlai Ewing Ferd Stevenson II (; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevenson served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA), Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department.
  • In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a member of the initial U.S.
  • delegations to the UN.
  • He was the 31st Governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 elections. In both the 1952 and 1956 elections, Stevenson was defeated in landslides by Republican Dwight D.
  • Eisenhower.
  • He sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, but was defeated by Senator John F.
  • Kennedy of Massachusetts.
  • After his election, President Kennedy appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations.
  • He served from 1961 until his death.
  • He died on July 14, 1965, from heart failure (after a heart attack) in London, following a United Nations conference in Switzerland.
  • Following public memorial services in New York City, Washington, DC, and his childhood hometown of Bloomington, Illinois, he was buried in Bloomington. Noted historian Arthur M.
  • Schlesinger Jr., who served as one of his speechwriters, described Stevenson as a "great creative figure in American politics.
  • He turned the Democratic Party around in the fifties and made JFK possible...to the United States and the world he was the voice of a reasonable, civilized, and elevated America.
  • He brought a new generation into politics, and moved millions of people in the United States and around the world." Journalist David Halberstam wrote that "Stevenson's gift to the nation was his language, elegant and well-crafted, thoughtful and calming." His biographer Jean H.
  • Baker stated that Stevenson's memory "still survives...as an expression of a different kind of politics – nobler, more issue-oriented, less compliant to the greedy ambitions of modern politicians, and less driven by public opinion polls and the media." W.
  • Willard Wirtz, his friend and law partner, once said "If the Electoral College ever gives an honorary degree, it should go to Adlai Stevenson."

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