Adlai Stevenson I

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Adlai Stevenson I
Stevenson in 1908
23rd Vice President of the United States
In office March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
President	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Levi P. Morton
Succeeded by	Garret Hobart
21st First Assistant United States Postmaster General
In office August 1, 1885 – March 4, 1889
President	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	Malcolm Hay
Succeeded by	James S. Clarkson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois's 13th district
In office March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881
Preceded by	Thomas F. Tipton
Succeeded by	Dietrich C. Smith
In office March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877
Preceded by	John McNulta
Succeeded by	Thomas F. Tipton
State's Attorney of Woodford County, Illinois
In office 1859–1869
Preceded by	Major W. Packard
Succeeded by	Martin L. Newell
Personal details
Born	Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-10-23)October 23, 1835 Christian County, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 14, 1914(1914-06-14) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Resting place	Evergreen Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Letitia Green (m. 1866)
Children	4, including Lewis
Relatives	Stevenson family
Education	Centre College (BA)
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) was an American politician who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A member of the Democratic Party, Stevenson served as a U.S. Representative for Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. He was the founder of the Stevenson political family.

After his appointment as assistant postmaster general of the United States during Grover Cleveland's first administration (1885–1889), Stevenson fired many Republican postal workers and replaced them with Southern Democrats. This earned him the enmity of the Republican-controlled Congress, but made him a favorite as Grover Cleveland's running mate in 1892, and he was elected vice president of the United States. During his term of office, Stevenson supported the free-silver lobby against the gold-standard men like Cleveland, but was praised for governing in a dignified, non-partisan manner.

In 1900, he ran for vice president with William Jennings Bryan.^[1] In doing so, Stevenson became the fourth vice president to run for that post teamed with two different presidential candidates (after George Clinton, John C. Calhoun and Thomas A. Hendricks). He was the paternal grandfather of Adlai Stevenson II, a Governor of Illinois and the unsuccessful Democratic presidential nominee in both 1952 and 1956.