What is Adlai Stevenson II?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Adlai E. Stevenson | birthname = Adlai Ewing Stevenson II | image = AdlaiEStevenson1900-1965.jpg | caption = Stevenson in 1961 | imagesize = 200px | order = 31st [[Governor of Illinois]] | term_start = January 10, 1949 | term_end = January 12, 1953 | lieutenant = [[Sherwood Dixon]] | predecessor = [[Dwight H. Green]] | successor = [[William Stratton]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1900|2|5|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1965|7|14|1900|2|5}} | death_place = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]] | alma_mater = [[Princeton University]]<br>[[Northwestern University Law School]] | spouse = Ellen Borden (married 1928, divorced 1949) | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | branch = [[United States Navy]] | rank = [[Seaman Apprentice]] }} '''Adlai Ewing Stevenson II''' (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an [[United States|American politician]]. He ran against [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] in the [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]] and [[1956 United States presidential election|1956]] elections, but he lost both times. He was the grandson of [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] [[Adlai E. Stevenson]]. He was also the 31st [[Governor of Illinois]] from 1949 to 1953. He became [[United States Ambassador to the United Nations]] from 1961 until his death in 1965. ==Early life== Stevenson was born in [[Los Angeles, California]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase041612.pdf|title=Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) List, City Declared Monuments|access-date=December 15, 2012|archive-date=February 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201192238/http://preservation.lacity.org/files/HCMDatabase041612.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> to [[Lewis Stevenson]] and Helen Davis Stevenson. His maternal great-