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Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney from Kansas who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1960s and the United States Senate from 1969 to his resignation 1996 to campaign for President of the United States.
Bob Dole was the Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and from 1995 to 1996. President Gerald Ford chose Bob Dole as his running mate in the 1976 election after Vice President Nelson Rockefeller did not want to be Ford's vice president. Ford lost the election to Democrat Jimmy Carter in the general election.
The 1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole began when Republican Senator and Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole formally announced his candidacy for Republican Party nomination in 1995.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1923-2021) Who Was Bob Dole? Bob Dole began his political career by serving as a member of the Kansas state legislature (1951–53) and later served four terms as prosecuting attorney for...
May 27, 2024 · Bob Dole (born July 22, 1923, Russell, Kansas, U.S.—died December 5, 2021, Washington, D.C.) was an American politician who served in the U.S. Senate (1969–96) and who was the Republican Party’s nominee for president in 1996 but lost to Bill Clinton.
Dec 5, 2021 · Bob Dole, the plain-spoken son of the prairie who overcame Dust Bowl deprivation in Kansas and grievous battle wounds in Italy to become the Senate majority leader and the last of the World War...
Dec 5, 2021 · Bob Dole, a Republican Party stalwart and presidential hopeful who espoused a brand of plain-spoken conservatism as one of Washington’s most recognizable political figures throughout the latter...
Dec 6, 2021 · Bob Dole fell short of joining them as president but spent a lifetime of public service despite suffering wounds from that war that affected him all his life.
Dec 5, 2021 · WASHINGTON – Former Sen. Bob Dole, a Kansas lawmaker and decorated World War II veteran who never realized his ambitions to win the presidency but left an indelible mark on the nation’s capital...
Dec 5, 2021 · Robert Joseph Dole, the 1996 Republican presidential nominee and for more than a third of a century a leading figure and force in American politics, died.
