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1956, Dwight D. Eisenhower Defeats Aldai Stevenson

6. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 90 in 90 2016, James Legee 6. Presidential Elections and Their Constitutional Impact, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Defeats Aldai Stevenson, Cold War, Communism, James Legee, New Deal, Progressive

Guest Essayist: James Legee

The election of 1956 saw Adlai Stevenson again tasked with the unenviable duty of an electoral contest against Dwight D. Eisenhower, which, it will come as no surprise, did not end in Stevenson’s favor. Eisenhower is well known to students of history and government, Stevenson, a one-term governor of Illinois, barely garners a mention in most books on the Cold War. Despite his loss, Stevenson was an important bridge between the New Deal policies of the Roosevelt administration and the Great Society of Lyndon B. Johnson. He articulated a progressive platform that would guide the Democratic Party for the coming decades in regards to domestic policy. Electoral defeat is quite common for ideologues and intellectuals on both ends of the ideological spectrum, but part and parcel with his intellectual bend came a truly unique rhetoric for the role of government in society.

1952, Dwight D. Eisenhower Defeats Adlai Stevenson: Communism And Civil Liberties

6. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 90 in 90 2016, Horace Cooper 6. Presidential Elections and Their Constitutional Impact, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower Defeats Adlai Stevenson Communism And Civil Liberties, Communism, Horace Cooper, Socialism, Supreme Court, World War II

Guest Essayist: Horace Cooper

Communism and Civil Liberties: The Election of 1952

The election of 1952 brought about the first GOP presidential victory in more than 20 years. It came about at a time while many in America were weary from World War II, and they were very apprehensive about the potential for subversion by the Soviet Union and its radical Marxist ideology.

Grover Cleveland: Twenty-Second And Twenty-Fourth President Of The United States

6. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 90 in 90 2016, Juliette Turner 6. Presidential Elections and Their Constitutional Impact, 13. Guest Constitutional Scholar Essayists, 17. Topics, Civil War, Grover Cleveland Twenty-Second And Twenty-Fourth President Of The United States, Juliette Turner

Guest Essayist: Juliette Turner

Grover Cleveland

Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth President of the United States

Nickname: The Veto President

Terms in Office: 1885–1889; 1893–1897

Fast Stats

Born March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey
Parents: Richard and Anne Neal Cleveland
Died June 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey; age 71
Age upon Start of First Term: 47; Age upon Conclusion of First Term: 51
Age upon Start of Second Term: 55; Age upon Conclusion of Second Term: 59
Political Party: Democratic
Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian
Height: 5 feet 11 inches
Vice Presidents: Thomas A. Hendricks (1885) and Adlai E. Stevenson (1893–1897)

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