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Pierre DuPont

Pete DuPont (born January 22, 1935) (full name Pierre Samuel du Pont IV) was the governor of Delaware.

He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, Princeton University, and Harvard Law School, was in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1957-1960, was employed by E.I. du Pont Co from 1963-1970.

He was a congressman from Delaware from 1971-1977 and Governor of Delaware from 1977-1985.

He ran unsuccessfully in the Republican Presidential primary of 1988.