Adlai Stevenson I
Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Sr. ( born October 23, 1835 Christian County, Kentucky, † June 14, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois ) was an American politician. He held office from 1893 to 1897 as the 23rd Vice President of the United States under President Grover Cleveland.
Life
In 1852, Stevenson moved with his parents to Bloomington in Illinois. He attended the local Illinois Wesleyan University and later the Centre College in Danville (Kentucky). He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1858 and commenced practice in Metamora.
In the presidential election of 1864 he was one of the Democrats on the Electoral College. As a result, he was from 1865 to 1868 District Attorney; Finally, he moved on March 4, 1875 for an Illinois House of Representatives of the United States, where he remained initially until March 3, 1877. He was defeated during re- election attempt, but returned on March 4, 1879 for two more years in the Congress back before he suffered a new defeat.
From 1885 to 1889 during the first term of President Cleveland, he held the office of Deputy Postmaster General. After the meantime detached from Benjamin Harrison Cleveland had decided the 1892 presidential election itself, Stevenson was his vice president. 1897 both eliminated together from office. Stevenson is applied on the side of William Jennings Bryan in 1900 again to the vice-presidency; However, they lost the Republican incumbent William McKinley and his running mate, Theodore Roosevelt. 1908 Stevenson was then Democratic candidate for the office of governor of Illinois, where he narrowly lost to Republican Charles S. Deneen. He then retired to Bloomington to retire back.
Married with Letitia Stevenson was Green. The couple had three daughters and son Lewis (1868-1929; Secretary of State of Illinois 1914-1917), then the father of two-time Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson was. The actor McLean Stevenson was a cousin. Adlai Ewing Stevenson III His great-grandson was also politicians and sat for Illinois in the U.S. Senate, whose son Adlai Stevenson IV ( born 1956) in the 1980s television journalist was. Adlai Stevenson was also a cousin of Congressman Sydenham Benoni Alexander.