The 1956 presidential election was a rematch between the candidates who ran against each other four years prior: Republican incumbent Dwight D. Eisenhower and Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson.

Stevenson said that though some Republicans helped plan the Grand Coulee Dam, it was "the wisdom and daring" of FDR that built the dam, which elicited applause from the crowd.

With less than a month to go in the 1952 presidential election, Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, the governor of Illinois, landed his chartered plane in Spokane for a stump speech Oct. 15 ...

The two big noes—Harry Truman’s and Adlai Stevenson’s—still echoed through Democratic ranks last week as the party faithful gathered at the Waldorf for the great New York clambake. The ...

Born March 28, 1932, in Queens, Bachety developed an early interest in politics while growing up in a home where her civic-minded parents idolized President Franklin D. Roosevelt, her son said.

Eisenhower was leading in 41 states having 457 electoral votes; Stevenson in 7 states having 74 electoral votes. The vote was from 132,233 of 154,865 precincts.

Congress passed the 22nd Amendment two years after Roosevelt's death and it took effect for the 1952 election, which Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower won over Democrat Adlai Stevenson.

FDR won elections in 1932 and 1936 before breaking precedent and running again in 1940. He proceeded to win a third term in 1940 and later earned a fourth term by winning the 1944 election.