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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.
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.
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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 5, 2021 · Dole was a prominent Republican leader, a war veteran and a champion of civil rights and disabled rights. He ran for president three times and served as a Senate majority leader and a vice-presidential nominee.
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.
Dec 9, 2021 · Bob Dole, the son of the Kansas Dust Bowl, World War II hero and Republican presidential nominee, is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda on Thursday, returning to the building he revered as a...
