| LC control no. | n 79102551 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Du Pont, Pierre S. |
| Variant(s) | Du Pont, Pete |
| See also | Delaware. Governor (1977-1985 : Du Pont) |
| Associated place | Exeter (N.H.) Dover (Del.) |
| Located | Rockland (Del.) |
| Birth date | 1935-01-22 |
| Death date | 2021-05-08 |
| Place of birth | Wilmington (Del.) |
| Field of activity | Politics Law Government |
| Affiliation | Princeton University Harvard Law School |
| Profession or occupation | Legislator Governors |
| Found in | Delaware. Governor, 1977- (du Pont). Governor's budget summary ... 1979 (xx-ref.) t.p. (Pierre S. du Pont, Governor, State of Delaware) Bk. of the States, 1978-79 (Governor of Delaware: Pierre S. du Pont IV, present term began Jan. 17, 1977) NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983 (Du Pont, Pierre Samuel, 1935-) Biog. Dir. Am. Cong. 1774-1996, c1997: p. 972 (Pierre Samuel du Pont IV, Del. gov., 1977-1985) Pete du Pont for president, 1980: t.p. (Pete du Pont) Biog. dir. of the United States Congress 1774-present, accessed Apr. 16, 2012 (du Pont, Pierre Samuel, IV; Representative from Delaware; b. Wilmington, New Castle County, Del., Jan. 22, 1935; educated at Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, N.H., 1948-1952; B.S.E., Princeton University, 1952-1956; LL.B., Harvard Law School, 1963; active duty as U.S. Naval Reserve Officer, Seabees, 1957-1960; admitted to the Delaware bar in 1964 and commenced practice in Wilmington; employed by E.I. du Pont Co., Wilmington, Del., 1963-1970; member, Delaware and National Republican Finance Committees; State representative from Delaware's twelfth district, 1968-1971; delegate to Delaware State Republican convention, 1966; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-second and to two succeeding Congresses (Jan. 3, 1971-Jan. 3, 1977); was not a candidate for reelection in 1976 to the Ninety-fifth Congress but was elected Governor of Delaware; reelected in 1981 and served from Jan. 18, 1977 to Jan. 15, 1985; unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the U.S. Presidency in 1988; resident of Rockland, Del.) Washington post WWW site, viewed May 11, 2021 (in obituary dated May 10, 2021: Pierre S. "Pete" du Pont IV; died May 8 at age 86) |
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