Question: In the 1950s, a man from Bloomington-Normal — Democrat Adlai Stevenson II — ran for president twice, only to be defeated by Dwight Eisenhower twice. So, at least in McLean County ...

Question: That bronzed sculpture greeting travelers at Central Illinois Regional Airport — of twice-presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II, sitting on a bench with his feet up on a travel ...

"He's too young and he's traveling on the reputation of his father," a hostile Winnetka Republican said recently of Adlai E. Stevenson III '52, the Democratic candidate for Treasurer of Illinois.

In 1952 Adlai Stevenson spoke on racial discrimination to a segregated audience in Richmond, Virginia. The speech was moderate, but left no doubt that Stevenson was determined to campaign for ...