What is John B. Anderson?
{{Infobox officeholder |name= John B. Anderson |image name=John B. Anderson in New Jersey (cropped).jpg |imagesize=210px |state= [[Illinois]] |district= [[Illinois' 16th congressional district|16th]] |party= [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1960-1980),<br>[[Independent (politician)|None]] (1980-2017) |alma_mater= [[University of Illinois]]<br/>[[University of Illinois College of Law]]<br/>[[Harvard Law School]] |term_start = January 3, 1961 |term_end = January 3, 1981 |preceded= [[Leo E. Allen]] |succeeded= [[Lynn Morley Martin]] |birth_date= {{birth date|1922|2|15}} |birth_place= [[Rockford, Illinois]], U.S. |birth_name= John Bayard Anderson |death_date={{death date and age|2017|12|3|1922|2|15}} |death_place=[[Washington, D.C.]], U.S. |spouse= Keke Machakos (1953&ndash;2017) }} '''John Bayard Anderson''' (February 15, 1922 &ndash; December 3, 2017) was an [[United States|American]]-[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician from [[Illinois]]. He was a politician from the 1960s until the later 2000s. He ran for president in 1980,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygGL9DGeSGM|title=Republican Debate, Iowa 1980|first=|last=Memoryretro|publisher=|accessdate=9 January 2019|via=YouTube}}</ref> but lost to [[Ronald Reagan]] as the main Republican candidate. He then ran as an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] candidate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiAf2Ch9QbM|title=1980 Presidential Candidate Debate: Governor Ronald Reagan and Congressman John Anderson – 9/21/80|first=|last=ReaganFoundation|publisher=|accessdate=9 January 2019|via=YouTube}}</ref> and lost again to Reagan in November, 1980.<ref name=nytobit/> Anderson was born on February 15, 1922 in [[Rockford, Illinois]] to a [[Sweden|Swedish]]-American family.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C16FF355F12728DDDAF0A94D0405B8084F1D3 | work=The New York Times | title= Anderson Chooses Lucey for his Ticket; Praises Ex-Wisconsin Governor as Qualified fo