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Adlai Stevenson I Biography

Adlai Stevenson I was the 23rd Vice President of the United States. This biography offers detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, career and timeline.

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson I

FAMOUS AS

23rd Vice President of the United States

NATIONALITY

American Famous American Men

RELIGION

Presbyterian

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

Democratic

BORN ON

23 October 1835 AD

BIRTHDAY

23rd October Famous 23rd October Birthdays

CENTURY

19th Century

DIED AT AGE

SUN SIGN

Libra Libra Men

BORN IN

Christian County

DIED ON

14 June 1914 AD

PLACE OF DEATH

Chicago

PERSONALITY TYPE

Aggressive

DISEASES & DISABILITIES

Cancer / Battled Cancer

IDEOLOGY

Democrats

CHARACTER TRAITS

Detail-Oriented, Organized

CAUSE OF DEATH

Illness

FATHER

John Turner Stevenson

MOTHER

Eliza Ewing Stevenson

SPOUSE/PARTNER:

Letitia Stevenson

CHILDREN

Lewis G. Stevenson

EDUCATION

Centre College
Illinois Wesleyan University

Born in Christian County, Kentucky, Adlai Ewing Stevenson I was twice elected into the United States House of Representatives and eventually became the 23rd Vice President of the United States. This rigid and ambitious Congressman from Illinois also served as the Assistant Postmaster General of the United States. He was infamous for firing more than 40,000 republican candidates and replacing them with democratic candidates. This earned him quite a bit of animosity from the Republican-controlled Congress but he became very popular with the Democratic leaders. He was a supporter of the free-silver lobby over the gold-standard. He was much respected for his dignified demeanour and his non-partisan manner of doing things. A lawyer by profession, Adlai Stevenson I became acquainted with prominent attorneys like Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln, at the young age of 23, when he started off his law practice. He was also named associate justice of the Supreme Court for Columbia district. He was in favour of low tariffs and a soft-money policy. He also unsuccessfully fought for Governor of Illinois.

Childhood & Early Life

Adlai Stevenson I was born in Christian County, Kentucky, where his family owned a farm. His parents were John Turner Stevenson and Eliza Ewing Stevenson.

He attended the Blue Water School in Kentucky. In 1852, his family’s tobacco crops were destroyed by frost; as a result they relocated to Bloomington, Illinois. In Illinois, his father owned a sawmill.

He went to the Illinois Wesleyan University, located in Bloomington and later graduated from Centre College, Danville, Kentucky.

In 1858, he was admitted to the bar and began his practice in Metamora, in Woodford County, Illinois. At 23, this young lawyer became acquainted with prominent attorneys like Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln.

Career

During the Civil war, he held his first public office as an aide in a court of equity, also known as master in chancery. In 1864, he was elected district attorney and also a presidential elector.

In 1868, after his tenure as a district attorney came to an end, he began to practice law with a cousin, named, James S. Ewing. He relocated to Bloomington with his wife, Letitia, that year.

In 1874, he was elected to the Forty-fourth Congress as a Democrat. He began to serve in this position from the following year, serving in the House of Representatives for the next two years.

In 1876, he stood for re-election but suffered a narrow defeat from Rutherford B. Hayes, who was the leader of the Republican presidential ticket.

In 1878, he contested on the Democratic and Greenback tickets and became victorious. In the next two presidential election years, he lost narrowly, in his final race to the Congress.

In 1885, he was appointed as the first assistant postmaster general under the government of Grover Cleveland. This was the time he fired around 40,000 Republicans and appointed Democrats in their place. The move earned him the wrath of the Republicans and support of the Democrats.

In 1892, he was nominated by the Democrats as a Vice-Presidential candidate. The following year, he was appointed the 23rd Vice President of the United States.

In 1896, his name was mentioned as a candidate to succeed Cleveland. He was made the chairman of the Democratic National Convention. However, the move did not help him gain support.

In 1900, he unsuccessfully stood for Vice President Elections along with William Jennings Bryan, who was 25 years younger than him. After the election, he resumed his law practice in Illinois.

In 1908, he contested for the office of the governor of Illinois but failed to succeed. The following year, he aided the distance learning school La Salle Extension University.

Personal Life & Legacy

In 1866, he married his long time love interest, Letitia Green Stevenson. The couple had four children.

He was a compulsive cigar smoker and as a result was diagnosed with mouth cancer. In 1893, he had to undergo surgery for the same.

He died at the age of 78. He was laid to rest at the Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois.

In his honour, the Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, United States built the Stevenson House, a residence hall after him.

Trivia

He served as the 23rd Vice President of United States. He was the first ex-Vice President ever to win re-nomination for the post with a different Presidential candidate.

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Books by Adlai Stevenson I

Major Campaign Speeches

by Adlai E. Stevenson

Major Campaign Speeches of Adlai E. Stevenson 1952

by Adlai E. Stevenson

Address Before the Agricultural Association of the Fifth Congressional District of Illinois: At Woodstock, September 22, 1887 / By Stevenson (Classic Reprint)

by Adlai E. Stevenson

Books About Adlai Stevenson I

Adlai E. Stevenson a Short Biography the Conscience of the Country

by Stuart Gerry Brown

1900 Adlai E Stevenson Democratic Vice Presidential Candidate

by James R Ewing

Adlai E Stevenson Of Illinois A Portrait

by Noel F. Busch

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