Stevenson Family Collection

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Stevenson Family Collection

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One of Illinois's most prominent political families, the Stevenson's of McLean County generated a vice-president of the United States, a governor of Illinois and Democratic presidential nominee, and a U.S. senator.

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Helen Davis Stevenson
Helen Davis Stevenson, granddaughter of Jessie W. Fell, the founder of the town of Normal, married Lewis G. Stevenson on November 21, 1893. Lewis was the only son of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S.…

Woodrow Wilson Addresses the Daughters of the American Revolution
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, speaks to the Twenty-Second Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution at Memorial Continental Hall in Washington, D.C. On verso: "Scene in…

Elizabeth D. Stevenson
Portrait of Elizabeth D. Stevenson, who was the granddaughter of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman from Illinois.

Adlai Stevenson I and Adlai Stevenson II
Portrait of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman from Illinois, holding his grandson Adlai Stevenson II, the 31st Governor of Illinois, 1949-1953.

Adlai Stevenson I
Portrait of Adlai Stevenson I, who was the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman from Illinois.

Helen Davis Stevenson
Helen Davis Stevenson, granddaughter of Jessie W. Fell, the founder of the town of Normal, married Lewis G. Stevenson on November 21, 1893. Lewis was the only son of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S.…

Letitia Green Stevenson
Portrait of Letitia Green Stevenson, wife of Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson.

Alexander H. Stephens
Portrait of Alexander H. Stephens, who was the Vice President of the Confederate States during the American Civil War, and the fiftieth Governor of Georgia, 1882-1883.

Adlai Stevenson I Visiting a Native American School
Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman from Illinois, visits an unknown Native American school. Stevenson is pictured on the top row, fourth from the right.

Adlai Stevenson II
Portrait of Adlai Stevenson II, who was the 31st Governor of Illinois, 1949-1953, and the grandson of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman from Illinois. On verso: "2 1/2 yro."

Adlai Stevenson III and Nancy Anderson Wedding
Adlai Stevenson III, who was a U.S. Senator from Illinois, was the son of Adlai Stevenson II, the 31st Governor of Illinois, 1949-1953, and the great-grandson of Adlai Stevenson I, the 23rd Vice President of the United States and a U.S. Congressman…
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