Adlai Stevenson served as governor of Illinois from 1949 until 1953. During his term, he fought to rid local government, government services and law enforcement of all corrupt practices. In the thick of the so-called “Red Scare,” Stevenson vetoed a bill that would have “made it a felony to belong to any subversive group”, and …

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