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 United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969 and a member of the United States Senate from 1969 to his resignation in 1996 to campaign for President of the United Sta...

He was the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996. Before Dole's Senate career, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was the Republican nominee for Vice President in the 1976 election and for President in the 1996 election.

2024年12月1日 · 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.

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.

2014年4月2日 · 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 Russell County. From 1961 to 1969,...

Electoral history of Bob Dole, United States Senator from Kansas (1969–1996), Senate Majority Leader (1985–1987, 1995–1996), Senate Minority Leader (1987–1995), 1976 Republican Party vice presidential nominee and 1996 presidential nominee.

Bob Dole was the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas' Distinguished Kansan of the Year in 1976. Dole received the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1989, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1997, and the American Patriot Award in 2004.

Representing Kansas in the House for eight years and the Senate for more than 27 years, Bob Dole was known as a strong partisan debater and tough negotiator who also excelled at forging bipartisan alliances to enact legislation.

2021年12月5日 · Former Kansas lawmaker and decorated World War II veteran Bob Dole died on Sunday at the age of 98, the Elizabeth Dole Foundation announced. Dole joined the U.S. Army in 1942, not long...

Robert “Bob” Joseph Dole found strength in a modest Midwestern background to overcome devastating war wounds and become a towering figure in American politics. Dole was elected to the House of Representatives in 1960, where he served until he won a Senate seat in 1968.