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Bob Dole

Bob Dole
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Senate Majority Leader
In office
January 3, 1995 – June 11, 1996
Deputy Trent Lott
Preceded by George Mitchell
Succeeded by Trent Lott
In office
January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
Deputy Alan Simpson
Preceded by Howard Baker
Succeeded by Robert Byrd
Senate Minority Leader
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995
Deputy Alan Simpson
Preceded by Robert Byrd
Succeeded by Tom Daschle
Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee
In office
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1985
Preceded by Russell Long
Succeeded by Bob Packwood
Chairman of the Republican National Committee
In office
January 15, 1971 – January 19, 1973
Preceded by Rogers Morton
Succeeded by George H. W. Bush
United States Senator
from Kansas
In office
January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996
Preceded by Frank Carlson
Succeeded by Sheila Frahm
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 1st district
In office
January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1969
Preceded by William Avery
Succeeded by Keith Sebelius
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 6th district
In office
January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Preceded by Wint Smith
Succeeded by Constituency abolished
Personal details
Born Robert Joseph Dole
(1923-07-22) July 22, 1923 (age 93)
Russell, Kansas, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s)
Children Robin
Alma mater
Religion Methodism
Signature
Military service
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service 1942–1948
Unit 10th Mountain Division
Battles/wars World War II (WIA)
Awards

Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American politician who represented Kansas in the House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969 and in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, serving as Senate Republican Leader from 1985 until his resignation as a Senator. In the 1976 presidential election, Dole was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President and incumbent President Gerald Ford's running mate. He ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and 1988. In 1996, Dole secured the Republican nomination for President of the United States, but lost the general election to incumbent President Bill Clinton.

Dole is currently a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and special counsel at the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Alston & Bird.

Dole is married to former U.S. cabinet member and former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Hanford Dole of North Carolina.

Dole was born on July 22, 1923, in Russell, Kansas, the son of Bina M. (née Talbott; 1904–1983) and Doran Ray Dole (1901–1975). Dole's father, who had moved the family to Russell shortly before Robert was born, earned money by running a small creamery. One of Dole's father's customers was the father of future Senator Arlen Specter. During the Great Depression, which severely impacted Kansas and its residents, the Dole family moved to the basement of their home and eventually rented out the upper floors to raise money. As a boy, Dole worked as a soda jerk in the local drug store.


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