John Anderson, Independent Who Ran for President, Dies at 95

  • Congressman seemed ‘more interested in ideas than in power’
  • U.S. electoral system controlled by two parties is ‘broken’

John Anderson on July 16 1980.

Photographer: Graham Turner/Hulton Archive
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John B. Anderson, a former Republican congressman from Illinois who challenged the two-party system by running as an independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election, has died. He was 95.

He died Dec. 3 in Washington, the Associated Press reported, citing a statement released by Anderson’s family.