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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.
Perot suspended his campaign during the summer of 1992, possibly preventing him from choosing a different running mate. [3] After he decided to run again, Perot decided to keep Stockdale as his running mate. [4] John Silber, the president of Boston University, was also rumored as a potential running mate for Perot. [5]
Clinton ultimately won the national vote, defeating both incumbent President Bush and Perot. [3] Perot's 30.44% would prove Maine as his strongest state in the 1992 election. [4] Ross Perot came within 4.55% of winning an electoral vote in Maine's second congressional district, the closest he came to winning an electoral vote.
H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died, a family spokesperson confirmed.