Pierre ‘Pete’ Du Pont IV Dies; Ran for President in 1988

Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis (L) shakes the hands of former Delaware Governor Pierre Du Pont (R) as former Virginia Governor Charles S. Robb looks on, after both men attended the Jobs for Bay State Grads program in Boston, Mass., on April 27, 1987. Jim Shea/AP Photo

WILMINGTON, Del.—Pierre S. “Pete” du Pont IV, a former Delaware governor and congressman who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 86.

Du Pont, a scion of the family that established the DuPont Co., died at his home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Saturday after a long illness, his former chief of staff, Bob Perkins, said.