John B. Anderson
John Anderson is a former United States Congressman and Presidential candidate from Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from the 16th Congressional District of Illinois for ten terms. Anderson was a Republican but ran as an independent candidate in the 1980 presidential election. Anderson was born in Rockford, Illinois, where he grew up, the son of Mabel Edna (née Ring) and E. Albin Anderson, a Swedish immigrant. In his youth, he worked in his family's grocery store.He attended the University of Illinois, but his education was interrupted by World War II, when he enlisted in the Army in 1943.
After the Army, he applied for public office along with in philosophy for independence. He believed that an independent nation runs more fairly and that choosing between two separate parties may cause false identification with what a certain individual truly wants. He was never president, but he did write a book based on his beliefs called No Holding Back, which also entailed his biography as well.
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