STEVENSON, ADLAI EWING, 1835–1914, Vice President of the United States

1835–1914, Vice President of the United States (1893–97), b. Christian co., Ky. He practiced law at Bloomington, Ill., and was twice (1874, 1878) elected to the U.S. Congress as a Democrat. He was First Assistant Postmaster General during Grover Cleveland's first term (1885–89) and Vice President during his second. In 1900, Stevenson again ran for Vice President on the Democratic ticket, this time with William Jennings Bryan. After losing this election he later ran (1908) for governor of Illinois but was defeated.

See studies by R. Sievers (1983) and P. McKeever (1989).

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Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Data
Book by Joseph Nashan Kane; H. W. Wilson, 1959
Subjects: Presidents--United States
...1893 43 days Vice President --Adlai Ewing Stevenson, Ill. Presidents pro tempore...President --Adlai Ewing Stevenson...as the 45th state CLEVELANDS VICE...Oct. 23, 1835 Birthplace...June 14, 1914 Place of death...
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Newspaper Days
Book by Theodore Dreiser, T. D. Nostwich; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991
Subjects: Dreiser, Theodore--1871-1945--Knowledge--Communications, Journalists--United States--Biography, Novelists, American--20th Century--Biography
...during the 1892 convention. Chapter XI 68.33 Adlai Ewing Stevenson 1835-1914 U.S. representative from Ilshy; linois 1875-77 and 1879-81 and Grover Cleveland's vice-president 1893-97 . 72.11 "Charlie" Seymour A close...


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Adlai E. Stevenson and Southern Politics in 1892
Journal article by Leonard Schlup; The Mississippi Quarterly, Vol. 47, 1993
Subjects: Democratic Party--Southern States, Southern States--History, Stevenson, Adlai E.--Political activity, Vice-presidents--Political activity
...nineteenth-century vice presidents, however...nation. (1) Adlai E. Stevenson (1835-1914), founder...grandfather of Adlai E. Stevenson II (1900...nominee for president in 1952 and 1956 who served as United States ambassador...


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Stevenson, Adlai Ewing , 1835–1914, Vice President of the United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
STEVENSON, ADLAI EWING , 1835 1914, Vice President of the United States 1835 1914, Vice President of the United States (1893 97...and Vice President during his second. In 1900, Stevenson again ran for Vice President on the Democratic...


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