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, 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

Other members

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

External links

• Booknotes interview with Jean Baker on The Stevensons: A Biography of an American Family, April 7, 1996.