Adlai Stevenson

I recall Adlai Stevenson lost votes because he was bald.

The Volokh Conspiracy » More on Obama and the Flag Pin: 2007

To paraphrase Adlai Stevenson - It hurts too much to cry.

"I say, why all the glum faces?" Ann Althouse 2006

The closest thing to a comparison is probably something like 1952: the economy was doing quite well that year, but the Korean War had become fairly unpopular, Democrats had been in power for a long time, and Republicans nominated an exceptional candidate in Eisenhower, leading Truman to decline a chance at another term and Adlai Stevenson to do poorly in his place.

NYT > Home Page By NATE SILVER 2011

In the post-World War II era, the gentry's model candidate was a man such as Adlai Stevenson, the D.mocratic presidential nominee who lost twice to D.ight D. Eisenhower.

The Democratic Party Could Face an Internal Civil War 2009

I always thought it somewhat ironic that the dumb people seemed to win elections over the elite liberal/progressive intellectuals, such as Adlai Stevenson, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale and John Kerry.

Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

In the post-World War II era, the gentry's model candidate was a man such as Adlai Stevenson, the Democratic presidential nominee who lost twice to Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Madison.com - top 2009

That day, Adlai Stevenson, the former governor of Illinois and 1952 Democratic standard bearer, announced in Chicago that he would be a candidate for the presidency in 1956.3

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

Adlai Stevenson had been nominated again, with Tennessee senator Estes Kefauver as his running mate.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

He had won the election over the Democratic candidate, Adlai Stevenson, primarily because he was an iconic war hero, associated in the public mind with victory in World War II.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

The evening of Saturday, April 21, the president and Adlai Stevenson delivered separate speeches at the meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors at the Statler Hotel in Washington.41 Stevenson described the past three years as a period of retrogression in foreign affairs and grabbed headlines the next day by proposing a moratorium on nuclear tests and channeling foreign aid through the United Nations.

Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011