Stevenson family

The Stevenson family is an American family of politicians from Illinois in the Democratic Party, at least four named Adlai E. Stevenson.

Members

• Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914)
• 23rd Vice President of the United States, 1893–1897
• United States Representative from Illinois, 1875–1877, 1879–1881
• Lewis Stevenson (August 15, 1868 – April 5, 1929)
• 23rd Illinois Secretary of State, 1914–1917
• Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965)
• 5th United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961–1965
• Democratic Party presidential nominee, 1952 and 1956
• 31st Governor of Illinois, 1949–1953
• McLean Stevenson (November 14, 1927 – February 15, 1996)
• Actor; played Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake in M*A*S*H, 1972-1975
• Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021)
• United States Senator from Illinois, 1970–1981
• 63rd Treasurer of Illinois, 1967–1970
• Edward T. Foote II (December 15, 1937 – February 15, 2016)
• 4th President of the University of Miami, 1981–2001

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