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Pete du Pont, Ex-Delaware Governor Who Ran for President, Dies at 86
Bored with working at his family’s chemical company, Mr. du Pont entered politics and led an economic turnaround of his debt-ridden home state.
Pete du Pont announcing his candidacy for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination. He served three terms in Congress and two terms as governor of Delaware.Credit.Bettmann, via Getty Images
Published May 9, 2021Updated May 12, 2021
Pete du Pont, the scion of one of America’s wealthiest families and a two-term Republican governor of Delaware who presided over an economic revival in his debt-ridden state and in 1988 ran for the presidency, died on Saturday at his home in Wilmington, Del. He was 86.