Adlai Stevenson II
| Adlai Stevenson II | |
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| United States Ambassador to the United Nations | |
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In office January 23, 1961 – July 14, 1965 |
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| President |
John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson |
| Preceded by | James Jeremiah Wadsworth |
| Succeeded by | Arthur Goldberg |
| 31st Governor of Illinois | |
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In office January 10, 1949 – January 12, 1953 |
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| Lieutenant | Sherwood Dixon |
| Preceded by | Dwight H. Green |
| Succeeded by | William Stratton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II February 5, 1900 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Died | July 14, 1965 (aged 65) London, England, U.K. |
| Resting place | Evergreen Cemetery |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Borden (1928–1949) |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Northwestern University (JD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Rank |
 Seaman Apprentice
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (/ˈædleɪ/; February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician and diplomat, noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent public speaking, and promotion of progressive causes in the Democratic Party. He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois, and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 even though he had not campaigned in the primaries. John Frederick Martin says party leaders selected him because he was "more moderate on civil rights than Estes Kefauver, yet nonetheless acceptable to labor and urban machines—so a coalition of southern, urban, and labor leaders fell in behind his candidacy in Chicago."
Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election. In 1956 he was again the Democratic presidential nominee against Eisenhower, but was defeated in an even greater landslide. He sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time in the election of 1960, but was defeated by Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts. After his election, President Kennedy appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. He served from 1961 to 1965. He died on July 14, 1965, from heart failure (after a heart attack) in London, following a United Nations conference in Switzerland. Following public memorial services in New York City, Washington, DC, and his childhood hometown of Bloomington, Illinois, he was buried in his family's section in Bloomington's Evergreen Cemetery.
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