Adlai Stevenson I

Adlai Ewing Stevenson I (1835–1914) was an American politician and diplomat who served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897 under President Grover Cleveland. A Democrat, he represented Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives in the late 1870s and early 1880s. He was assistant postmaster general from 1885 during Cleveland's first administration and was the founder of the Stevenson political family.