ADLAI E. STEVENSON III - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 07/22/1971 - HFSID 131907
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ADLAI E. STEVENSON III
Senator Stevenson responds to a request for an autographed photograph
Typed Letter signed: "Adlai E. Stevenson III". 1p, 8x10½ US Senate Letterhead. Washington,
D.C., 1971 July 22. To: Mr. Douglas Voegler, Washington, D.C. In Full: Dear Mr. Voegler:
Thank you for your request. I am enclosing an autographed photograph for you. With best wishes,
Sincerely,". ADLAI EWING STEVENSON III (1930-2021) is the son of ADLAI E.
STEVENSON II (1900-1965), the former Governor of Illinois (1949-1953), two-time
Presidential candidate (1952, 1956) and U.S. Representative to the United Nations (1961
until his death in 1965), and the great-grandson of ADLAI E. STEVENSON (1835-1914),
a U.S. Congressman from Illinois (1875-1877; 1879-1881) and U.S. Vice President
(1893-1897). Stevenson III, a Democrat who served in the Illinois House of Representatives
(1965-1967) and was the state's treasurer (1967-1970), was elected to the U.S. Senate in a
special election on November 3, 1970 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Senator
Everett McKinley. Stevenson, who began his term on November 17, was reelected in his own
right in 1974, serving until 1981. In 1982 and 1986, he made unsuccessful bids for the state's
governor's office. Three file nicks on right edge. Tape residue on verso - light show through.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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