United States presidential election, 1952: United States presidential candidates, 1952, United States presidential primaries, 1952

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: United States Presidential Candidates, 1952, United States Presidential Primaries, 1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower, United States Presidential Election, 1952, Douglas Macarthur, Hubert Humphrey, Adlai Stevenson, Earl Warren, Alben W. Barkley, Harry S. Truman, Wayne Morse, Robert Taft, W. Averell Harriman, Estes Kefauver, Harold Stassen, Richard Russell, Jr., J. William Fulbright, United States Presidential Election in California, 1952, Robert S. Kerr, Democratic Party Presidential Primaries, 1952, Republican Party Presidential Primaries, 1952, Stuart Hamblen, 1952 Democratic National Convention, Vincent Hallinan, Farrell Dobbs, Darlington Hoopes, Paul A. Dever, George Theodore Mickelson, 1952 Republican National Convention, Edward Longstreet Bodin, Riley A. Bender, Eric Hass, Thomas H. Werdel, Henry B. Krajewski, K1c2 Formula. Excerpt: This is about the mid-20th-century politician and diplomat who was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1952 and 1956; for other American politicians so named, see Adlai Stevenson (disambiguation) . Adlai Stevenson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (pronounced / ædle / ; February 5, 1900 July 14, 1965) was an American politician , noted for his intellectual demeanor, eloquent oratory , and promotion of liberal causes in the Democratic Party . He served as the 31st Governor of Illinois , and received the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 1952 and 1956; both times he was defeated by Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower . 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 Ambassador to the United Nations ; he served from 1961 to 1965. He died on 14 July 1965 in London, England after suff...