Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965. He previously served as the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956, losing both elections to Dwight D. Eisenhower in a landslide. Stevenson was the grandson of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd vice president of the United States.
Portrait, 1961
Stevenson's boyhood home in Bloomington, Illinois
Stevenson's home in Libertyville, Illinois (now Mettawa, Illinois)
Stevenson as governor.
1952 United States presidential election
The 1952 United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1952. Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower defeated Democratic Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II in a landslide victory, becoming the first Republican president in 20 years. This was the first election since 1928 without an incumbent president on the ballot.
Image: Dwight David Eisenhower 1952 crop
Image: Adlai Stevenson close up
The incumbent in 1952, Harry Truman. His second term expired at noon on January 20, 1953.
Eisenhower/Nixon poster