Perot, Ross, 1930-2019
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Ross Perot was born June 27, 1930 in Texarkana, TX. He entered the United States Naval Academy in 1949 and left the Navy in 1957. After a successful position with IBM, Perot founded Electronic Data Systems (EDS) in Dallas, TX in 1962. EDS went public in 1968, and General Motors bought a controlling interest in EDS for $2.4 billion in 1984. The same year, Perot's Perot Foundation bought a very early copy of Magna Carta and lent it to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. In 2007, the foundation sold it to David Rubenstein, managing director of The Carlyle Group; it remains on display at the National Archives.
As a presidential candidate,Perot is also one of the most successful third party candidates. In 1992 he ran for President as an independent earning 18.9% of the popular vote. In 1995, he founded the Reform Party and won their presidential nomination for the 1996 United States presidential election.
Perot died on July 9, 2019 in Dallas, TX from leukemia.
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referencedIn | Alabama. Elections and Registration Division. Perot petitions, 1992. | Alabama Department of Archives and History | |
referencedIn | Alexander P. Butterfield's Files, 1969 - 1973 | Richard Nixon Library | |
referencedIn | Biography -- Perot, H. Ross. | Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library | |
referencedIn | Doug MacGregor Papers, 1952-2005, 1976-2004 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
referencedIn | Douglas Menuez photography collection, 1986-2006 | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | Gergen, David R. (David Richmond), 1942-. David R. Gergen Papers, 1964-1999 (bulk 1971-1992). | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
referencedIn | H. Ross Perot Political Collection Unprocessed mss. 2007-7., 1992-2003 | Special Collections, The University of Texas at Arlington Library | |
referencedIn | Jesse Herrera Photograph Collection AR 90-219, 93-233, 2000-23; 2011-398. | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History | |
referencedIn | Menuez, Doug. Douglas Menuez photography collection, circa 1986-2006. | Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives | |
referencedIn | Michel, Don, 1931-. Don Michel papers : Southern Illinois Citizens for Perot, 1992-1993. | Southern Illinois University, Morris Library |
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associatedWith | Alabama. Elections and Registration Division. |
memberOf | Boy Scouts of America |
associatedWith | Brown, Jerry, 1938-.... |
associatedWith | Buchanan, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1938- |
associatedWith | Bush, George, 1924-2018 |
associatedWith | Clinton, Bill, 1946- |
correspondedWith | Deming, W. Edwards (William Edwards), 1900-1993. |
founderOf | Electronic data systems corporation |
associatedWith | General motors corporation |
associatedWith | Gergen, David R. (David Richmond), 1942- |
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Birth 1930-06-27
Death 2019-07-09
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