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United We Stand, H. Ross Perot at the Wayback Machine (archived December 9, 2000); text of the book published by Perot in 1992 to mark the launch of his presidential campaign, complete with charts. The text is hosted by the site of the organization he created that year United We Stand America , as saved by The Internet Archive .
In 1992, Ross Perot ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate for President of the United States.Perot was a Texas industrialist who had never served as a public official, but he had experience as the head of several successful corporations and had been involved in public affairs for the previous three decades.
Just over 100,000 votes were cast for all other candidates, half of which were write-in votes for H. Ross Perot. [18] Former Minnesota governor Harold Stassen, who had run for president nine times since 1944, also mounted his final campaign. President George H. W. Bush and Vice President Dan Quayle easily won renomination by the Republican Party.
Texas-born Perot, a Naval Academy graduate, started his career as an IBM (NYSE: IBM) salesman, before borrowing $1,000 from his wife to start EDS in 1962. H. Ross Perot, Computer Industry Pioneer ...
H. Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who ran for president twice, has died at age 89, his family said.
H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died, a family spokesperson confirmed.
The 1996 presidential campaign of Ross Perot, an independent presidential candidate in 1992 and the founder of the Reform Party, was announced on July 10, 1996. Perot said he would seek the Reform Party nomination for president of the United States in the 1996 election during an appearance on Larry King Live .
Ross Perot gained a plurality in Trinity County, the only time a non-major party candidate has carried any county in the state since Progressive Party candidate Robert La Follette Sr. in 1924. Perot also won the city of Avalon on Catalina Island, with 323 votes to George H.W. Bush's 315. [3]