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Following a period as Russell County, Kansas Attorney, he won election to the House of Representatives in 1960. In 1968, Dole was elected to the Senate, where he served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1973 and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1981 to 1985.
21 Οκτ 2024 · Bob Dole, 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. Dole also was Pres. Gerald Ford’s running mate in the 1976 election. Learn more about Dole’s life and career.
In 1984, Dole succeeded his friend Howard Baker (TN-R), as Senate Majority Leader. Elected six times by his colleagues, Dole would serve as Republican leader (Majority and Minority Leader) for twelve years, under three Presidents: Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Clinton.
Following a period as Russell County, Kansas Attorney, he won election to the House of Representatives in 1960. In 1968, Dole was elected to the Senate, where he served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1973 and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1981 to 1985.
5 Δεκ 2021 · In 2012, Dole urged Republicans in the Senate to ratify a United Nations treaty banning discrimination against the disabled. He had been wheeled onto the Senate floor by his wife, Elizabeth...
5 Δεκ 2021 · Senator Bob Dole served as the Senate Majority Leader from 1985-1987, again from 1994-1996, and Senate Minority Leader from 1987-1994. In 1976, President Gerald Ford selected Dole to be his running mate in his campaign for the presidency against Democrats Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale.
He emerged from humble beginnings in Kansas to become a war hero, a giant of the U.S. Senate and the Republican nominee for president. Learn more here about the life and storied career of Dole by reading his biography and exploring a timeline with photographs.
