Pierre S. du Pont IV

Pete DuPont (born January 22, 1935) (full name Pierre Samuel du Pont IV) is an American politician who served as Governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985. He is currently national policy chairman of the National Center for Policy Analysis.

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

He was a U.S. Representative from Delaware from 1971 to 1977 and was elected Governor in 1976. He was re-elected in 1980.

He ran unsuccessfully in the Republican Presidential primary of 1988.