Word: adlai
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...young and he's traveling on the reputation of his father," a hostile Winnetka Republican said recently of Adlai E. Stevenson III '52, the Democratic candidate for Treasurer of Illinois...
...whom "Stevenson" was a bad word. It was not so long ago that people sang "Eisenhower has the power." and "Stevenson's a jerk" to the tune of "Whistle While You Work." And his father never carried Illinois in a presidential election. The name, nevertheless, is unquestionably working to Adlai III's advantage as he campaigns vigorously through Illinois...
...Adlai III is the oldest of the late Governor's three sons. He graduated from Harvard in 1952 and from the Law School in 1957. Since then he has served as a law clerk to the Illinois Supreme Court and entered one of Chicago's largest law firms where he is now a partner...
With his father's blessings, Adlai launched his political career in 1964. He was first in the state-wide election for the Illinois House of Representatives (the runner-up was ironically Earl Eisenhower). In the House he was part of a small clique of liberal Democrats that sponsored a package of sorely needed reform legislation. The Republican-dominated Senate, however, voted down anything that smelled faintly of reform...
...Adlai had been ambassador instead of Cabot Lodge. I'm sure things would have turned out much differently...