Adlai Stevenson

Examples of Adlai Stevenson in the following topics:

• The Election of 1952

  • Instead, with Truman taking the lead, the party bosses eventually settled on Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois for the nomination.
  • Stevenson finally agreed to enter his name as a candidate for the nomination .
  • Stevenson gradually gained strength until he was nominated on the third ballot.
  • Stevenson concentrated on giving a series of thoughtful speeches around the nation.
  • Red denotes states won by Eisenhower/Nixon, Blue denotes those won by Stevenson/Sparkman.

• The 1956 Election and Eisenhower's Second Term

  • Eisenhower successfully ran for re-election, winning against Democrat Adlai Stevenson, whom he had also defeated four years earlier.
  • The election was a rematch of 1952, as Eisenhower's opponent in 1956 was Democrat Adlai Stevenson, whom Eisenhower had defeated four years earlier.
  • Stevenson remained popular with a core of liberal Democrats but held no office and had no real base.
  • Yet by losing to Kefauver, he avoided any blame for Stevenson's expected loss to Eisenhower in November.
  • Stevenson campaigned aggressively against Eisenhower, with television ads for the first time being the dominant medium for both sides.

• Korea, Communism, and the 1952 Election

  • Truman, who as early as 1950 had decided not to run, had decided to back current Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson.
  • The Democratic Party instead nominated Governor Adlai Stevenson of Illinois.
  • President Truman had several meetings with Stevenson about the President's desire for Stevenson to become the standard bearer for the party.
  • Truman became very frustrated with Stevenson and his high level of indecision before Stevenson actually committed to running.
  • Stevenson concentrated on giving a series of thoughtful speeches around the nation; he too drew large crowds.

• The Election of 1960

  • Johnson, the powerful Senate Majority Leader from Texas, and Adlai Stevenson, the party's nominee in 1952 and 1956.
  • However, neither Johnson nor Stevenson were a match for the talented and highly efficient Kennedy campaign team, and Kennedy won the Democratic Party nomination.

• Modern Republicanism

  • He won by a landslide, defeating Democrat Adlai Stevenson and ending two decades of a Democratic lock on the White House and the New Deal Coalition.

• Eleanor Roosevelt

  • In 1952 and 1956, she did not endorse Dwight Eisenhower but former Illinois governor Adlai Stevenson as the Democratic presidential candidate.
  • This decision provoked opposition and disappointment among African Americans as Stevenson was a segregationist and  civil rights opponent. 

• The Lyndon B. Johnson Administration

  • Former presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson continued as Johnson's ambassador to the United Nations until Stevenson's death in 1965.

• The Eisenhower Administration

  • In the 1952 U.S. presidential election, Eisenhower easily defeated Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson II and became the first career soldier since Ulysses S.
  • In 1956, he was re-elected by an even wider margin than in 1952, again defeating Stevenson, and carrying such traditionally Democratic states (at the time) as Texas and Tennessee.

• African Americans in WWII

  • Responding to pressure from First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Assistant Secretary of the Navy Adlai Stevenson, in January 1944, the Navy began an accelerated 2-month officer training course for 16 African-American enlisted men at Camp Robert Smalls, Recruit Training Center Great Lakes (now known as Great Lakes Naval Training Station), in Illinois.