Pierre S. du Pont IV

A Representative from Delaware. Born in Wilmington, New Castle County, Del. , January 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 United States 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 the two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1971-January 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 January 18, 1977, to January 15, 1985. Unsuccessful candidate for the Republican nomination to the U. S. Presidency in 1988. Died on May 8, 2021, in Wilmington, Del.