Stevenson family

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

Notable members

Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (October 23, 1835–June 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 Stevenson

Secretary of State of Illinois, 1914–1917

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900–July 14, 1965)

Governor of Illinois, 1949–1953

Democratic Party presidential nominee, 1952 presidential election

Democratic Party presidential nominee, 1956 presidential election

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

McLean Stevenson (November 14, 1929–February 15, 1996)

Actor; played Lieutenant Colonel Henry Braymore Blake in M*A*S*H, 1972-1975

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