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Illinois Republican John Anderson dies at 95

John B. Anderson holds a news conference at the Bismark Hotel in Chicago before walking down to the Daley Center and holding a rally on Sept. 23, 1980.

John B. Anderson holds a news conference at the Bismark Hotel in Chicago before walking down to the Daley Center and holding a rally on Sept. 23, 1980.

  (Ernie Cox, Jr. / Chicago Tribune)

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John B. Anderson, an Illinois Republican who cultivated a free-thinking reputation during his 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives and who mounted a serious third-party bid for the White House in 1980, died Dec. 3, 2017, in Washington. He was 95.

John B. Anderson

U.S. Rep. John B. Anderson on Sept. 15, 1969.

  (Earl Gustie / Chicago Tribune)

John B. Anderson

Republican U.S. Rep. John B. Anderson, right, of Rockford, is in his district during the congressional break on Jan. 11, 1974. Anderson, arriving at the fourth stop of the morning, the Mayflower Restaurant, no sooner hangs his coat on the rack and is cornered by two constituents and their problems.

  (James O’Leary / Chicago Tribune)

On the campaign

John B. Anderson visited Chicago on Oct. 20, 1980, and spoke to veterans and supporters at his campaign headquarters at Wabash Avenue and Lake Street in downtown Chicago.

  (Dave Nystron / Chicago Tribune)

John B. Anderson

Independent presidential candidate John B. Anderson, right, drinks coffee and talks with reporters and well-wishers in front of his Rockford home on Nov. 4, 1980, as several Secret Service agents confer near the door.

  (Ernie Cox, Jr. / Chicago Tribune)

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