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1IO. Life of a Candidate f. V.11 I I A i I Lj 1 UJl 1 ti -V 1 I.I.IMH I I I I II 1 I iihimiiimii AD LAI. ace X. sit foe portrait wtU fete otrter.

EBsaVet. ow Mrs. Eraeot L. Ires of This phot was smado a4 CSiarlerols. Mich, a faaail raeaUo spot.

THE 1S5I prestdeaUal nominee's father. Lewla. served aa secretary of state of Illinois and was mentioned for Vice President In lilt. TWO AD LAIS, tTSDdfmther and crandson. pom in 1900 darinc the senior Stevenson' rim pit gn for a second vice presidential term t.

tc I 4 SIXTY TEARS AGO the name of Stevenson first acquired national prominence with the election of Adlal E. Stevenson I as Vice President of the United States. Here, Mr. Stevenson (left) and his family leave Bloomington for Washington, D.C., and the 1893 inauguration. i la3V" fl 7 i r.

1 r-j' 11,1 1 2 A POLITICAL NOVICE, Adlal E. SteTenaon won the Illinois governorship la 1948 with a record ma)orHy. At a Bloomington reception shortly after the election, the governor vHU with hU third rowrin. Vto PreeJdeai Aihen Barkley (second from right). Mrs.

Ives, Arthar Smith and Mrs. Smith of Rioemiagtea, ENJOYING outdoor life on a camping trip in Quetico National Park, Ontario. Canada, is 25 year old Adlai IL Trip waa made in 1925. A FLIVVER RIDE with Walter Bittner was among the honors accorded Mr. Stevenson at a Bloomington rally during the 1948 governership campaign.

A crowd estimated at more than 10,000 lined streets to watch colorful parade in honor of the home town candidate. STEVENSON addresses a battery of microphones' at his inauguration as governor ff TA 'Xf "-1 Jf rZ! in January, 1949. Stevenson was almost as reluctant in accepting the nomination x'J I -''S' CtP for governor "as he was the bid for the presidency four years later. aiL f) hi I I ,1 iT, A--i- mr 5'm vL- I fJ sSST Sri W-'-T i I TRADITION is an important factor in Adlal Stevenson's background. Here the governor pays a visit to the graves of his grandfather Adlai E.

Stevenson and PUTTING THE CARES of office aside. Governor Stevenson relaxes with Us sons at the Mansion in Springfield during the 1950 Christmas holiday. The boys are (from left) Adlai III John Fell and Borden, At the time the three boys were attending schools in the East A GENTLEMAN FARMER. Mr. Stevenoea pays a visit his lands at Libertyvm near Chicago.

With him perching oa a hayrake. la his son. Joha Fell SkCTensoa. This photo was male daring the 1948 state campaign. grandmother, Lctitia Green Stevenson in Bloomington Cemetery Photo credits: Adlal E.

Stevenson I and grandson (Associated Press); Governor Stevenson and Mrs. Ives as children (courtesy of Mrs. He; Governor on camptng trip (courtesy of Josepfc Bonreni; rrptoa Kn-Way Pboasl ail others ftssa PsaUarapa fclaa. 7. ,1 I.