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Ross Perot was born in Texarkana, Texas in 1930, the son of Lula May (née Ray) and Gabriel Ross Perot, [3] a commodity broker specializing in cotton contracts. [4] [5] He had an older brother, Gabriel Perot Jr., who died as a toddler. [6]
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.
Ross Perot was on the ballot in every state; in six states (Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Louisiana, Oregon, Pennsylvania) Perot was placed on the ballot through the formation of a political party supporting his candidacy. His electoral performance in each of those states led to those parties being given ballot-qualified status.
H. Ross Perot, the self-made Texas billionaire who ran for president twice, has died at age 89, his family said.
H. Ross Perot rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty to become a self-made billionaire who twice ran for president with a mixture of folksy sayings and simple solutions to America's problems.
H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who twice ran for president, has died, a family spokesperson confirmed.
The Reform Party of the United States of America (RPUSA), generally known as the Reform Party USA or the Reform Party, is a centrist political party in the United States, founded in 1995 by Ross Perot. Perot believed Americans were disillusioned with the state of politics as being corrupt and unable to deal with vital issues.
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