Stevenson family

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

John Turner Stevenson

Eliza Ewing Stevenson

Adlai E. Stevenson I

Letitia Green

Daughter

Daughter

Daughter

Lewis G. Stevenson

Helen Louise Davis

Ellen Borden

Adlai Ewing Stevenson II

Elizabeth "Buffy" Stevenson

Adlai E. Stevenson III

Borden Stevenson

John Fell Stevenson

[edit] 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 G. Stevenson
  • Secretary of State of Illinois, 1914–1917
• Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900–July 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

[edit] Other members

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