John Anderson, former Ill. rep and presidential candidate, dies at 95
Source: The Hill
Former Illinois congressman and independent presidential candidate John Anderson died Sunday at age 95, according to a statement from his family. Additional details were not immediately available.
Anderson was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1960, and served in the House for 20 years.
Anderson voted in unison with his fellow Republicans for his first few years in Congress, but broke away in 1968 to support the Fair House Act, which prohibited racial discrimination in housing. Anderson cast the deciding vote to send the bill to the House floor.
He ran for president in 1980 as an independent, finishing third in the popular vote behind Republican nominee Ronald Reagan and then-President Jimmy Carter. Anderson earned almost 6 million votes.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/363168-former-illinois-congressman-john-anderson-dies-at-95
marble falls
(57,831 posts)snowybirdie
(5,258 posts)non Democrat I ever voted for. Have to admit a cute professor I had at the time may have influenced my choice
no_hypocrisy
(46,376 posts)He should have split the Reagan vote, but he didn't.
liberalhistorian
(20,822 posts)Mr. Anderson. It will not be remembered fondly.
Archae
(46,384 posts)Reagan had his slick "machine," and Carter had the hostage crisis that Reagan's goons made sure wasn't solved by the time of the election.
former9thward
(32,215 posts)Reagan got 51% of the vote and Carter 41%. For someone with the word "historian" in your name you should check history.
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)Even dumber than saying Perot gave us Clinton, which is also nonsense.
bluedigger
(17,091 posts)He was the only candidate to speak on our campus. To a crowd of 50. RIP
Rhiannon12866
(207,419 posts)GreenPartyVoter
(72,388 posts)road from Republican to Green.
BumRushDaShow
(130,372 posts)Wow.
StevieM
(10,500 posts)raising2moredems
(644 posts)Local pol in my area. Mostly known for pulling strings to keep local (white) boys out of 'Nam. Not a Dem, not a Republican (I'm talking the era before the pukes crawled in bed with the "religious" right).
RhodeIslandOne
(5,042 posts)He wanted him to get the matching funding and Carter was going to win RI anyway.
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