The Stevenson family
Illinois · President · Senate · Governor
Combined career popular votes
76,288,237
Combined electoral votes
594
Members on the ballot
3
Combined W–L
5–5
Years on the ballot
1892–1986
Adlai Stevenson I was vice president under Grover Cleveland. His grandson Adlai Stevenson II, governor of Illinois, was the Democratic presidential nominee in both 1952 and 1956. And the great-grandson, Adlai Stevenson III, served Illinois in the U.S. Senate. Three generations carried the same name onto the national ballot.
| Member | Offices | Years | Career popular votes | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adlai E. StevensonD | President | 1892–1900 | 11,915,051 | 1–1 |
| Adlai StevensonD | President · Governor | 1948–1956 | 55,363,929 | 1–2 |
| Adlai Stevenson IIIS | Governor · Senate | 1968–1986 | 9,009,257 | 3–2 |
How this is measured
Combined career popular votes are summed across the 3 family members we track, each counted once across every presidential, U.S. Senate, governor, and U.S. House election in our data. Family membership is hand-curated and verified against primary sources, never matched by surname alone, so unrelated namesakes are never folded in. A vote for a presidential ticket counts for both the president and the vice-presidential candidate, matching how each profile reports its own totals.