Editing Adlai Stevenson II (section)

=== In alternate history and science fiction ===
Stevenson comes close to being assassinated by a 12-year-old in [[James Patrick Kelly]]'s [[Hugo Award]]-winning [[Hugo Award for Best Novelette|novelette]] ''[[10^16 to 1|10<sup>16</sup> to 1]]'' (1999).

In Robin Gerber's novel ''Eleanor vs. Ike'', Stevenson suffers a fatal heart attack as he approaches the podium to accept the Democratic nomination in 1952. He is replaced as the Democratic presidential candidate by former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.

In the [[alternate history]] short story "The Impeachment of Adlai Stevenson" by [[David Gerrold]] included in the anthology ''[[Alternate Presidents]]'', Stevenson is elected in 1952 after Dwight D. Eisenhower makes the mistake of accepting Joseph McCarthy as his running mate instead of Richard Nixon. He successfully runs for re-election in 1956, once again defeating General Eisenhower. However, he proves to be an extremely unpopular president.

In [[Michael P. Kube-McDowell]]'s alternate history novel ''Alternities'', Stevenson is mentioned as having been elected president in 1956 and serving for two terms, though he is quoted as describing his second term as a curse.

The alternate history novella "Southern Strategy" by [[Michael F. Flynn]] (''Alternate Generals'', volume two, [[Baen]], 2002), is told entirely from Stevenson's point of view. In a world where the [[German Empire|Kaiser's Germany]] is the leader of something resembling a free world in 1956, Stevenson is a former senator of the United States, which is in ruins after a Second American Civil War. The novella follows Stevenson's increasingly futile efforts to negotiate an armistice between [[League of Nations]] peacekeepers led by General [[Erwin Rommel]] and several disparate guerrilla-terrorist bands with differing agendas. One of the terrorist bands is led by Richard Nixon.

In the alternate history novel ''[[Dominion (Sansom novel)|Dominion]]'' by [[C. J. Sansom]], World War II ends in June 1940 when the [[British government]], under the leadership of the Prime Minister [[E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax|Lord Halifax]], signs a peace treaty with [[Nazi Germany]] in Berlin. Franklin D. Roosevelt is steadfast in his opposition to the Nazis and the treaty, which results in him losing the 1940 election to his Republican opponent, [[Robert A. Taft]], who becomes the 33rd president. Taft is re-elected in 1944 and 1948 but Stevenson defeats him in [[1952 United States presidential election|1952]], becoming the 34th President. Shortly after Stevenson's election in November 1952, ''[[The Times]]'', which is owned by the pro-Nazi British Prime Minister [[Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook|Lord Beaverbrook]], speculates that Stevenson will follow in Roosevelt's footsteps and pursue an [[interventionism (politics)|interventionist foreign policy]] regarding European affairs. Several weeks later, President-elect Stevenson gives a speech indicating that he intends to begin trading with the [[Soviet Union]] upon taking office on January 20, 1953.