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Not to be confused with his grandfather, UsefulNotes/AdlaiStevensonI.
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* One ''Series/HappyDays'' episode features the characters reacting to the second Eisenhower-Stevenson election, with Richie's new girlfriend being a passionate Democrat who causes him to learn more about Stevenson and his policies.
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* Creator/PeterSellers claimed that his portrayal of President Merkin Muffley in ''Film/DrStrangelove'' was modeled on Stevenson.
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* Creator/PeterSellers claimed that his portrayal of President Merkin Muffley in ''Film/DrStrangelove'' was modeled on Stevenson. (Stevenson, for his part, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny thought Sellers's performance was hilarious]].)
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* The dialogue in a courtroom scene in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' was inspired by Stevenson's "Don't wait for the translation" speech to Russian ambassador Valerian Zorin during the UsefulNotes/CubanMissileCrisis.
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* The dialogue in a courtroom scene in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' was inspired by Stevenson's "Don't wait for the translation" speech to Russian ambassador Valerian Zorin during the UsefulNotes/CubanMissileCrisis.Cuban Missile Crisis.
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What he is probably most famous for, however, is winning the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections. In both of them, Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, but this time he lost the nomination to UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. After President Kennedy was elected, he appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Stevenson served from 1961 until his death in 1965 from a heart attack in London, following a United Nations conference in Switzerland.
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What he is probably most famous for, however, is winning the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections. In both of them, Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, but this time he lost the nomination to UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. After President Kennedy was elected, elected president, he appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Stevenson served from 1961 until his death in 1965 from a heart attack in London, following a United Nations conference in Switzerland.
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->''"Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains, that we are now on the eve of great decisions, not easy decisions..."''
-->-- '''Acceptance speech at the 1952 Democratic National Convention'''
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, who was a member of the Democratic Party.
Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a member of the initial U.S. delegations to the UN. He was the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953.
What he is probably most famous for, however, is winning the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections. In both of them, Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, but this time he lost the nomination to UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. After President Kennedy was elected, he appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Stevenson served from 1961 until his death in 1965 from a heart attack in London, following a United Nations conference in Switzerland.
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!!In Media
[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Creator/PeterSellers claimed that his portrayal of President Merkin Muffley in ''Film/DrStrangelove'' was modeled on Stevenson.
* In Creator/JohnFrankenheimer's 1962 Cold War thriller ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'', Mrs. Eleanor Iselin (Creator/AngelaLansbury) makes a mocking reference to Stevenson in a conversation with her son Raymond (Creator/LaurenceHarvey): "Mr. Stevenson makes jokes. I do not."
* In ''Film/AnnieHall'', Creator/WoodyAllen's character tells a stand-up joke about the Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign.
* The dialogue in a courtroom scene in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' was inspired by Stevenson's "Don't wait for the translation" speech to Russian ambassador Valerian Zorin during the UsefulNotes/CubanMissileCrisis.
* In ''Film/WaynesWorld 2'', "Waynestock" is held in an Aurora, Illinois park named for Stevenson.
* ''Film/ThirteenDays'' (2000): He's portrayed by Michael Fairman. The "Don't wait for the translation" speech mentioned above is depicted here.
[[AC:Music]]
* ''The Avalanche'', an album by Music/SufjanStevens, contains a song called "Adlai Stevenson".
[[AC:Live-Action Television]]
* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''s [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate presentation]] of ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', a Stevenson lookalike buys a car and one of the ''[=MST3K=]'' characters comments on it.
* In ''Series/MurphyBrown'', the title character briefly names her newborn son "Adlai Stevenson".
* ''The Missiles of October'' (1974 MadeForTVMovie): He's portrayed by Creator/RalphBellamy.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** His grave was seen in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E16LisaTheIconoclast "Lisa the Iconoclast"]], where Groundskeeper Willie shoveled dirt on a vigil candle lit for him.
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E25TheSecretWarOfLisaSimpson "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"]], he appeared in a 1952 public information film about the Moon. He said that he had "no objection" to Americans landing on the Moon. He was voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
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[[caption-width-right:300:''Via ovum cranium difficilis est'' [[note]]"The way of the egghead is hard." The term "egg-head" was used as a pejorative for Stevenson and his supporters.[[/note]]]]
->''"Let's talk sense to the American people. Let's tell them the truth, that there are no gains without pains, that we are now on the eve of great decisions, not easy decisions..."''
-->-- '''Acceptance speech at the 1952 Democratic National Convention'''
Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, who was a member of the Democratic Party.
Raised in Bloomington, Illinois, Stevenson served in numerous positions in the federal government during the 1930s and 1940s, including the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, Federal Alcohol Administration, Department of the Navy, and the State Department. In 1945, he served on the committee that created the United Nations, and he was a member of the initial U.S. delegations to the UN. He was the 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953.
What he is probably most famous for, however, is winning the Democratic Party's nomination for president in the 1952 and 1956 presidential elections. In both of them, Stevenson was defeated in a landslide by Republican UsefulNotes/DwightDEisenhower. He unsuccessfully sought the Democratic presidential nomination for a third time at the 1960 Democratic National Convention, but this time he lost the nomination to UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy. After President Kennedy was elected, he appointed Stevenson as the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Stevenson served from 1961 until his death in 1965 from a heart attack in London, following a United Nations conference in Switzerland.
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!!In Media
[[AC:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Creator/PeterSellers claimed that his portrayal of President Merkin Muffley in ''Film/DrStrangelove'' was modeled on Stevenson.
* In Creator/JohnFrankenheimer's 1962 Cold War thriller ''Literature/TheManchurianCandidate'', Mrs. Eleanor Iselin (Creator/AngelaLansbury) makes a mocking reference to Stevenson in a conversation with her son Raymond (Creator/LaurenceHarvey): "Mr. Stevenson makes jokes. I do not."
* In ''Film/AnnieHall'', Creator/WoodyAllen's character tells a stand-up joke about the Stevenson-Eisenhower campaign.
* The dialogue in a courtroom scene in ''Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry'' was inspired by Stevenson's "Don't wait for the translation" speech to Russian ambassador Valerian Zorin during the UsefulNotes/CubanMissileCrisis.
* In ''Film/WaynesWorld 2'', "Waynestock" is held in an Aurora, Illinois park named for Stevenson.
* ''Film/ThirteenDays'' (2000): He's portrayed by Michael Fairman. The "Don't wait for the translation" speech mentioned above is depicted here.
[[AC:Music]]
* ''The Avalanche'', an album by Music/SufjanStevens, contains a song called "Adlai Stevenson".
[[AC:Live-Action Television]]
* In the ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'''s [[Recap/MysteryScienceTheater3000S04E24ManosTheHandsOfFate presentation]] of ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'', a Stevenson lookalike buys a car and one of the ''[=MST3K=]'' characters comments on it.
* In ''Series/MurphyBrown'', the title character briefly names her newborn son "Adlai Stevenson".
* ''The Missiles of October'' (1974 MadeForTVMovie): He's portrayed by Creator/RalphBellamy.
[[AC:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
** His grave was seen in [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E16LisaTheIconoclast "Lisa the Iconoclast"]], where Groundskeeper Willie shoveled dirt on a vigil candle lit for him.
** In [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E25TheSecretWarOfLisaSimpson "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"]], he appeared in a 1952 public information film about the Moon. He said that he had "no objection" to Americans landing on the Moon. He was voiced by Creator/HarryShearer.
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