The Chicago Democratic party slated an intellectual lawyer , Adlai Stevenson , to oppose Green for a third term in office . In a surprising upset , Stevenson defeated Green in November 1948 , ending Green 's political career ; the defeat was in part owing to his negligence in preventing the deaths of 111 miners in the Centralia mine disaster
Centralia mine disaster
1947 Centralia mine disaster
Dwight H. Green