Ross Perot

Examples of Ross Perot in the following topics:

• The 1992 Election

  • Bush, Democratic candidate Bill Clinton, and independent candidate Ross Perot.
  • Bush, Democratic Arkansas Governor William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton, and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot.
  • Ross Perot launched a third party bid, claiming that neither Republicans nor Democrats could eliminate the deficit and make government more efficient.
  • Perot later bowed out of the race for a short time, then reentered.
  • In 1992, Ross Perot got the highest percentage of the popular vote of any Third Party candidate since Theodore Roosevelt in 1912.

• The Election of 1996

  • Incumbent Democratic President Bill Clinton won reelection over Republican candidate Bob Dole and Reform Party candidate Ross Perot in the 1996 election.
  • Businessman Ross Perot ran as candidate for the Reform Party with economist Pat Choate as his running mate.
  • In the Republican Primaries, Bob Dole emerged as the successful candidate to run against Clinton and Perot.
  • Reform Party nominee Ross Perot won approximately 8% of the popular vote, less than half of his performance in 1992.
  • Henry Ross Perot is an American businessman best known for running for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996.

• Republican Turmoil & Democratic Resurgence

  • Ross Perot launched a third party bid, claiming that neither Republicans nor Democrats could eliminate the deficit and make government more efficient.
  • Perot later bowed out of the race for a short time, then reentered.
  • Clinton originally lead, until Perot reentered and tightened the race significantly.
  • Perot won 19% of the popular vote, one of the highest totals for a third party candidate in US history, drawing equally from both major candidates according to exit polls.

• The Election of 1924

  • La Follette’s 17% vote total was the third highest for a third-party candidate since the Civil War and has only been surpassed by Theodore Roosevelt’s 27% in 1912 and Ross Perot’s 19% total in 1992.

• Conclusion: Populism Resurgent

  • In the 1990s and 2000s, the presidential campaigns of third-party billionaire Ross Perot, Green Party and Independent Ralph Nader, and Democrat John Edwards have been identified by the media as running populist campaigns.

• English Colonies

  • The Betsy Ross flag is an early design of the flag of the United States, popularly attributed to Betsy Ross.
  • The distinctive feature of the Ross flag is the arrangement of the stars in a circle.

• The War in the Chesapeake

  • The expedition against Washington, led by Cockburn and General Robert Ross, was carried out between August 19 and 29, 1814, as the result of the hardened British policy of 1814.
  • A force of 2,500 soldiers under General Ross had recently arrived in Bermuda aboard the HMS Royal Oak, three frigates, three sloops, and ten other vessels.
  • General Ross was killed by an American sniper as he attempted to rally his troops.

• Dolley Madison and Washington City

  • A force of 2,500 soldiers under Major General Robert Ross arrived in Bermuda aboard HMS Royal Oak, three frigates, three sloops, and ten other vessels.
  • Ross's forces routed the U.S.

• Nonconsumption and the Daughters of Liberty

  • This painting depicts what is presumed to be Betsy Ross presenting the first U.S. flag to George Washington.

• Court Decisions and Civil Rights

  • Murray as the NAACP's first case to test Nathan Ross Margold's strategy to attack the "separate but equal" doctrine using the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S.