Adlai Stevenson

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf politician
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:awards Presidential Medal of Freedom
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkbp:born February 5, 1900
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Graceland_Cemetery
gptkbp:campaigns gptkb:Paul_M._Butler
Robert_E._McCormick
gptkbp:children gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson_III
gptkbp:committee gptkb:Illinois's_13th_congressional_district
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:died July 14, 1965
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:famousQuote "The future belongs to those who prepare for it today."
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_II
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Advocate for nuclear disarmament.
First Democratic presidential candidate to lose to Eisenhower.
Prominent_figure_in_the_Cold_War_era.
Key_figure_in_the_establishment_of_the_United_Nations.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Adlai Stevenson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Barack_Obama
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:legacy Influence_on_modern_Democratic_Party
gptkbp:nickname Adlai_II
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Lewis_Stevenson
Helen_Stevenson
gptkbp:notableEvent 1964 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Speech_to_the_United_Nations
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:politicalPosition Liberalism
gptkbp:politicalRole 1933
1965
gptkbp:position Governor_of_Illinois
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dwight_H._Green
gptkbp:president 1952
1956
gptkbp:role Ambassador_to_the_United_Nations
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_B._Stevenson
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_G._Stratton
gptkbp:termEnd 1953
1965
gptkbp:termStart 1949
1961