Conventions Used to Be Much More Interesting
The Topeka Capital-Journal › September 02, 2008
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LIBERTYVILLE, Ill. -- The Stevenson family has a long history with political conventions.
Great-grandfather Jesse Fell went to the convention in Chicago in 1860 to help turn the brand-new Republican Party to his friend, Abraham Lincoln.See the full content of this document
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Conventions Used to Be Much More Interesting
In 1892 in Chicago, the first Adlai Stevenson was nominated to run for vice president along with Grover Cleveland. In 1900, he was nominated a second time, on the ticket headed by William Jen...
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