Editing Adlai Stevenson I (section)

===Final years===
By May 1899, the [[North American Trust Company]] had directors such as [[John G. Carlisle]], Adlai E. Stevenson and [[Wager Swayne]].<ref name=nyt-trowbridge1>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Trust Company Election; The North American Chooses Alvah Trowbridge as Its Leader. He Succeeds Col. Trenholm - The New Head Brings to the Corporation Important Financial Interests -- No Friction. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/05/27/archives/trust-company-election-the-north-american-chooses-alvah-trowbridge.html | work=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City, United States |date=May 27, 1899 | page=3 |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref>

After the 1900 election, Stevenson returned again to private practice in Illinois.  He made one last attempt at office in a race for [[governor of Illinois]] in [[1908 Illinois gubernatorial election|1908]], at age 73, losing narrowly. In 1909 he was brought in by founder [[Jesse Grant Chapline]] to aid [[distance learning]] school [[La Salle Extension University]].<ref name="nyt-stevenson">Staff report (March 2, 1909). Stevenson to Quit Law; Former Vice President Will Aid La Salle Extension University. ''[[The New York Times]]''</ref> After that, he retired to Bloomington, where his Republican neighbors described him as "windy but amusing."{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

Stevenson's wife Letitia died on December 25, 1913. William Jennings Bryan sent a letter of condolence to Stevenson. After this, Stevenson was emotionally broken, and only lived six more months.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adlai E. Stevenson Case 1|publisher=[[Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum]]|url=https://presidentlincoln.illinois.gov/visit/whats-inside/exhibits/museum/accessibility/stevenson/adlai-e-stevenson-1/|accessdate=2024-01-30}}</ref> He died in Chicago,<ref name=":GovInfo"/> on June 14, 1914, aged 78.<ref name=":Miller"/><ref name=":CentreCollege"/> His body is interred in a family plot in [[Evergreen Cemetery (Bloomington, IL)|Evergreen Cemetery]], [[Bloomington, Illinois]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evergreen-cemetery.com/our-history/|title=History|publisher=[[Evergreen Cemetery (Bloomington, IL)|Evergreen Memorial Cemetery]]| location=Bloomington, Illinois|date=2010-04-13|accessdate=2024-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316060858/http://www.evergreen-cemetery.com/our-history/|archive-date=2013-03-16|url-status=dead}}</ref>