Adlai Stevenson II

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Politician
gptkbp:advocated_for nuclear disarmament
Social Security expansion
gptkbp:affiliated_with gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:American_Bar_Association
gptkb:Council_on_Foreign_Relations
gptkb:Chicago_Council_on_Global_Affairs
gptkbp:affiliation gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:United_Nations
Cold War politics
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Grammy_Award_for_Best_Spoken_Word_Album
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birth_date 1900-02-05
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California
gptkb:Los_Angeles,_California,_USA
gptkbp:born February 5, 1900
gptkbp:burial_place gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois
gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois,_USA
gptkbp:children gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson_III
gptkbp:death_date 1965-07-14
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:died July 14, 1965
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:election gptkb:1952_Federal_Election
gptkb:1952_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1956_United_States_presidential_election
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27,313,945
gptkbp:election_result 89 electoral votes
gptkbp:famous_for Liberal politics
eloquent speeches
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Stevenson_Center_for_Community_and_Economic_Development
gptkbp:full_name gptkb:Adlai_Ewing_Stevenson_II
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Adlai Stevenson II
gptkbp:influence gptkb:President_Barack_Obama
gptkb:Bill_Clinton
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkb:Lyndon_B._Johnson
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:President_Woodrow_Wilson
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkbp:is_debated_in gptkb:Henry_Nixon
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Mc_Carthyism
Loyalty oaths
gptkbp:is_visited_by gptkb:Soviet_Union
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:International_diplomacy
Diplomatic efforts during the Cold War
eloquent speeches
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Liberal_Democratic_Party
progressive politics
intellectualism in politics
Liberalism in American politics
gptkbp:losses gptkb:1956_Federal_Election
gptkb:1956_Presidential_Election
gptkbp:meets gptkb:Nikita_Khrushchev
gptkbp:nickname Adlai II
gptkbp:nominated_for gptkb:President_of_the_United_States
gptkb:1952
gptkb:1956
gptkbp:notable_burials gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:1964_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkb:1960_Democratic_National_Convention
gptkb:1963_Nuclear_Test_Ban_Treaty
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
gptkbp:notable_nominees gptkb:1952_United_States_presidential_election
gptkb:1956_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notable_quote " It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace."
" The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams."
" A man who is afraid will do anything."
" We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present."
" The hardest thing is to take less when you can get more."
gptkbp:notable_work Campaign speeches
UN speeches
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:office gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_affiliation gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:political_ideology Progressivism
liberalism
gptkbp:political_party gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:position gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dwight_H._Green
gptkb:Adlai_Stevenson_I
gptkbp:promoted international cooperation
gptkbp:public_speaking At the United Nations
gptkbp:resides_in gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:role gptkb:diplomat
gptkbp:served_as gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_B._Stevenson
Eleanor R. Stevenson
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Arthur_J._Goldberg
gptkb:William_G._Stratton
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
New Deal policies
gptkbp:term_end 1953
1965-07-14
1953-01-12
gptkbp:term_start gptkb:1949
1961-01-20
1949-01-10
gptkbp:was_a gptkb:Author
gptkb:diplomat
gptkb:Public_service
gptkb:Governor
gptkbp:was_educated_at gptkb:Harvard_Law_School
gptkbp:was_running_mate_of gptkb:John_Sparkman
gptkbp:wrote A New World
The Road to Peace
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Eleanor_Roosevelt
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:John_F._Kennedy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3