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When the Democratic Convention nominated Adlai Stevenson for President, it gave him another position: he became the most eligible unmarried man in the U.S. That status will not ease the nominee's burden from here to November. Almost every time he is seen in public with a woman, or a feminine acquaintance mentions his name with what her listeners consider a special inflection, tongues will wag and columnists' typewriters will clatter...
...Incompatibility." Adlai Stevenson married Ellen Borden, one of Chicago's most attractive debutantes, on Dec. 1, 1928. They have three sons, Adlai III, 21 (recently enlisted in the Marines); Borden, 20; and John Fell, 16. In 1949, less than a year after Stevenson became governor of Illinois, his wife sued for divorce. The unhappy governor told reporters: "Although I don't believe in divorce, I will not contest it ... Due to the incompatibility of our lives, Mrs. Stevenson feels a separation is necessary...
Last month, Mrs. Stevenson announced that she would vote Republican, no matter whom the Democrats selected. Said she: "I feel another four years of Democratic Administration would ruin the country." But last week she penned a carefully worded note: "Dear Adlai, Congratulations to the Democratic Party for choosing the finest available Democrat ... All good wishes to you personally." She handed it to a family friend who carried it just four doors up Chicago's Astor Street from her home to the Blair house, where the governor had established his waiting headquarters. After he read the note, a happy Stevenson...
...Stevenson couldn't be blamed for the divorce, because his wife divorced him. Said the delegate: "Hell, half of our wives would divorce us if they could." A roar of laughter swept the caucus room. On the third ballot, Massachusetts cast 25 of its 36 votes for divorced Adlai Stevenson...
...nominees of a great American party were as little known nationally as Adlai Stevenson was six months before his nomination. In the week of Jan. 20, Stevenson burst into bloom. That week: 1) Truman called Stevenson to Washington, offered to support him for the presidency; 2) Stevenson appeared on TIME'S cover; 3) he made a good speech in New York to the National Urban League. The New York Times's Arthur Krock called it "Stevenson Week." In spite of this, and much subsequent publicity, Stevenson trailed far behind Kefauver and Eisenhower (but 1% ahead of Taft...