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Adlai Stevenson II (Los Ángeles, 5 de febrero de 1900 – Londres, 14 de julio de 1965) fue un abogado, político y diplomático estadounidense. Fue en dos ocasiones candidato a la presidencia de Estados Unidos por el Partido Demócrata. Fue gobernador de Illinois entre 1949 y 1953.
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United States Navy. Years of service. 1918. Rank. Seaman second class. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II ( / ˈædleɪ /; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat who was the United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961 until his death in 1965.
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9 de abr. de 2024 · Adlai E. Stevenson (born Feb. 5, 1900, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S.—died July 14, 1965, London, Eng.) was a U.S. political leader and diplomat who helped found the United Nations (UN), where he served as chief U.S. delegate (1961–65); he is mainly remembered by his countrymen as the eloquent, witty, but unsuccessful Democratic ...
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was born on February 5, 1900 in Los Angeles, California, to Lewis Green and Helen Davis Stevenson. His family was well connected. His father, a friend of publisher William Randolph Hearst, was an executive who managed Hearst's California newspapers and oversaw the company's copper mines in Arizona. Stevenson later told a jo...
Stevenson served as governor of Illinois from 1948 to 1952. However, the roots of his political career can be traced to more than a decade earlier, when he worked with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the details of the New Deal. Eventually, he was recruited to take on the corrupt administration of Republican Illinois Gov. Dwight H. Green, which ...
In early 1960, Stevenson stated that while he would run if drafted, he would not seek a third Democratic presidential nomination. However, then-Senator John F. Kennedywas very actively seeking the nomination. While Stevenson’s 1956 campaign promise to oppose U.S. nuclear weapons development and military growth had not resonated with American voters...
President John F. Kennedy appointed Stevenson, who had a deep knowledge of foreign affairs and popularity among Democrats, as the ambassador to the United Nations in 1961. President Lyndon B. Johnson reconfirmed him for the position later. Stevenson served as ambassador to the U.N. during a tumultuous time, through debates over the Bay of Pigs and ...
Stevenson married Ellen Borden in 1928. The couple had three sons: Adlai Ewing III, Borden, and John Fell. They divorced in 1949 because, among other reasons, Stevenson's wife was said to have loathed politics.
Perhaps no other quote sums up Stevenson's worldview better than his call for peace and unity before the United Nations in Geneva in 1965:
Just five days after making that speech in Geneva, on July 14, 1965, Stevenson died of a heart attack while visiting London, England. The New York Times announced his death this way: "To the public dialogue of his time he brought intelligence, civility and grace. We who have been his contemporaries have been companions of greatness.'' Stevenson is,...
Adlai Ewing Stevenson: An Urbane, Witty, Articulate Politician and Diplomat. The New York Times, July 15, 1965.Adlai Stevenson II Biography, The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project at The George Washington University.Adlai Today, McLean County Museum of History, Bloomington, Illinois.Adlai Stevenson II, Stevenson Center for Community and Economic Development at the Illinois State University.9 de abr. de 2024 · Political Affiliation: Democratic Party. Adlai Stevenson (born Oct. 23, 1835, Christian County, Ky., U.S.—died June 14, 1914, Chicago, Ill.) was the 23rd vice president of the United States (1893–97) in the Democratic administration of President Grover Cleveland. Stevenson was the son of John Turner Stevenson, a tobacco farmer ...
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19 de may. de 2021 · Publicado el 19 mayo, 2021. Historia Mundial. Anuncio de campaña de Adlai Stevenson de 1952. Campaña de 1952. Era un buen momento para ser demócrata en 1952. Otros dos importantes presidentes demócratas, Franklin D. Roosevelt y Harry Truman, acababan de guiar a los Estados Unidos a través de la Gran Depresión y la Segunda Guerra Mundial.
A brief summary of the life of Adlai Stevenson is possible only by ignoring a great portion of his many contributions to America and the world. He was governor of Illinois from 1949-53; he was nominated twice for the Presidency, in 1952 and 1956, and he was U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations from 1961-65.
