Stevenson family

Stevenson family

The Stevenson family is an American family from Illinois that has included an unusual proportion of unusually notable politicians in the Democratic Party.

Notable members

*Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835June 14, 1914)
**Representative of Illinois of the Forty-fourth Congress of the United States, 1875–1877
**Representative of Illinois of the Forty-sixth Congress of the United States, 1879–1881
**First Assistant Postmaster General, 1885–1889
**Twenty-third Vice President of the United States, 1893–1897
*Lewis G. Stevenson
**Secretary of State of Illinois, 1914–1917
*Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900July 14, 1965)
**Governor of Illinois, 1949–1953
**United States Ambassador to the United Nations, 1961–1965
*Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930–)
**Senator of Illinois of the Congress of the United States, 1970–1981

Other members

*McLean Stevenson (November 14, 1929February 15, 1996)
**Actor; played Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake in "M*A*S*H", 1972-1975


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