Editing Adlai Stevenson I (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Adlai E. Stevenson bust.jpg|thumb|upright=.90|[[United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection|Senate bust]] of Stevenson in the [[U.S. Capitol]]]]
Stevenson was the founder and patriarch of the [[Stevenson family|Stevenson political family]], which has been called "Illinois's longest-lasting political dynasty–the only one to span four generations".<ref name=":Hereditary">{{cite web|title=The Stevenson Family's "Hereditary Case of Politics"|date=2013-05-20|publisher=[[NBC|NBC Chicago]]|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/the-stevenson-familys-hereditary-case-of-politics/1952355/|accessdate=2024-01-30}}</ref> Stevenson's son, [[Lewis Stevenson (politician)|Lewis G. Stevenson]], was Illinois secretary of state (1914–1917). Stevenson's grandson Adlai Ewing Stevenson II was the Democratic nominee for president of the United States in 1952 and 1956 and governor of Illinois (1949–1953). Great-grandson [[Adlai Ewing Stevenson III]] was a [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]] from Illinois from 1970 to 1981 and an unsuccessful candidate for governor of Illinois in 1982 and 1986.<ref name=":Hereditary"/> He was also a contender for the 1976 Democratic vice presidential nomination.<ref name=":Miller"/>

There is a bust of Stevenson in the [[United States Capitol]] building as part of the [[United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection]]. It was sculpted in 1894 by [[Franklin Simmons]].<ref name=":GovInfo">{{cite web|title=Adlai Ewing Stevenson (1835-1914)|publisher=[[GovInfo]]|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CDOC-107sdoc11/pdf/GPO-CDOC-107sdoc11-2-112.pdf|accessdate=2024-02-03}}</ref><ref name=":SenateBust">{{cite web|title=Adlai E. Stevenson|publisher=[[United States Senate]]|website=senate.gov|url=https://www.senate.gov/art-artifacts/fine-art/sculpture/22_00023_000.htm|accessdate=2024-01-30}}</ref> Reportedly, Stevenson never sat to model for it, and Simmons only used photographs of Stevenson for likeness.<ref name=":GovInfo"/> The bust originally sat on a gallery-level [[niche (architecture)|niche]] in the [[United States Senate chamber|Senate chamber]], but in 1910 the bust collection was reorganized, and Stevenson's bust was placed in the main Senate corridor.<ref name=":GovInfo"/> In 1991 it was moved to the opposite end of the corridor, which required moving the bust of Vice President [[Charles W. Fairbanks]]. Stevenson's bust was moved that time to make room for the incoming bust of then-president and former vice president [[George H. W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Heads are rolling|date=1991-06-27|publisher=[[Tampa Bay Times]]|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1991/06/27/heads-are-rolling/|accessdate=2024-02-03}}</ref>

In 1962, Stevenson's alma mater, Centre College, named a newly built residence hall "Stevenson House" in his honor. They had previously awarded him an honorary degree in 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centre.edu/campusbuildings/slideshow_quad/index.html |title=Centre College Campus Tour: The Old Quad |date=August 20, 2009 |access-date=August 4, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116162305/http://www.centre.edu/campusbuildings/slideshow_quad/index.html |archive-date=January 16, 2010 }}</ref> 

[[Adlai E. Stevenson I House|Stevenson's home]] in [[Metamora, Illinois]] is now a museum. It was the family residence from 1859 to 1869.<ref>{{cite news|title=Metamora Association for Historic Preservation to hold open house May 14|date=May 10, 2023|newspaper=Courier News|url=https://www.courierpapers.com/woodford_courier/article_386d7656-ef5e-11ed-817b-6be9f862dac5.html|accessdate=January 30, 2024}}</ref>