McLean County Coal Company, 1869-2007.
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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1835-1914
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Adlai Ewing Stevenson (October 23, 1835 – June 14, 1914) served as the 23rd vice president of the United States from 1893 to 1897. Previously, he served as a representative from Illinois in the late 1870s and early 1880s. After his subsequent appointment as assistant postmaster general of the United States during Grover Cleveland's first administration (1885–89), he fired many Republican postal workers and replaced them with Southern Democrats. This earned him the enmity of the Republican-contro...
McLean County Coal Co.
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The McLean County Coal Co. was the largest and most successful coal mine in McLean Co., located on the west side of Bloomington, Ill. It operated from 1867 to 1929. Financial backers included the financially and politically prominent Stevenson brothers, James B., William, and Adlai Ewing, who served as Grover Cleveland's vice president. The mine was the subject of a lengthy article in The Daily Bulletin, a Bloomington-area newspaper. It was also one of the targets in the national strike of 1894 ...
Stevenson, James B
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Stevenson, William Bennet, active 1803-1825
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