Dole, Robert Joseph "Bob", 1923-

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Bob Dole
Politician. Republican. Born: July 22, 1923, Russell, Kansas. Served in U.S. House of Representatives, 6th and 1st Districts: January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1969. Served in U.S. Senate: January 3, 1969, to June 11, 1996.

Robert Joseph “Bob” Dole was born in Russell in 1923, to Doran Ray and Bina N. (Talbott) Dole. As a boy growing up in western Kansas during the Great Depression, he worked a number of odd jobs. Forrest "Phog" Allen went to Russell to recruit Dole to play basketball at the University of Kansas. After attending KU from 1941 to 1943, Dole joined the army; he served as a combat infantry officer in Italy and was twice wounded. He was hospitalized for 39 months and was awarded two Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star with an Oak Cluster for military service. He married Phyllis Holden in 1948. They had a daughter. After the war Dole attended the University of Arizona from 1948 to 1949. He graduated from Washburn University Law School in Topeka in 1952. After his admission to the Kansas bar, Dole returned to Russell to practice law.

Dole first ran for office in 1950 and was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, serving a two-year term. He was county attorney of Russell County for eight years. In 1960 Dole was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives from the Sixth Congressional District in northwest Kansas. In 1962 his district was merged with the Fifth District in western Kansas to form the First Congressional District, a huge 60-county area. Dole was re-elected that year and twice thereafter.

After eight years in the House, he won election to the U. S. Senate in November 1968. While in the Senate, Dole served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 until 1973, was the ranking Republican on the Agriculture Committee from 1975 to 1978, and majority leader and chair of the Finance Committee in the 1980s and 1990s. He became known as an advocate for veterans and the disabled.

Dole was the G.O.P. nominee for the vice-presidency in 1976, serving as Gerald Ford's running mate. With the Republican convention in Kansas City, Dole later introduced Ford to his home town of Russell at a political rally on the courthouse lawn. He served as senate majority and senate minority leader in the 1980s and 1990s. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the presidential nomination in 1988. He resigned his seat in the Senate on June 11, 1996, after capturing his party's presidential nomination.

Dole and his wife, former North Carolina senator Elizabeth Hanford Dole, live in Washington, D.C., where the former senator practices law and is involved in numerous areas of public service.

He 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. He was named the Native Sons and Daughters' Kansan of the Year in 2003. The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics was established in 2003 in Lawrence in his honor.

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referencedIn National Federation of Grain Cooperatives records, 1946-1976. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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referencedIn Publicity photographs of U.S. Senator Hugh Scott, 1958-1973. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn Records of the U.S. Customs Service. 1745 - 1997. Slide Presentations of Agency Activities National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the 1976 Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter . 1976 - 1976. Oliver Miller's Subject Files. 1976 - 1976. Agriculture-Bob Dole Jimmy Carter Library
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referencedIn President Ford Committee Records. 1975 - 1977. Vice Presidential Campaign Subject Files Gerald R. Ford Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 819 Richard Nixon Library
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referencedIn Opportunities Industrialization Center. Photographs, 1964-1988 (Inclusive Dates). Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 9/11/79 [1] Jimmy Carter Library
referencedIn Robert Taft, Jr. Papers, 1897-1993, (bulk 1963-1976) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn James M. Cannon Research Interviews and Notes. 1989 - 1994. Transcripts of James Cannon's Interviews with Gerald Ford and Family and Related Research Materials. 1989 - 1994. Ford, Gerald - Interview, 11/30/90 Gerald R. Ford Library
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. [Robert J. Dole Senate papers-press related materials] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn Lawrence Graham Brooks papers, 1897-1981 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 926 Richard Nixon Library
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. [Robert J. Dole Senate papers-legislative relations, 1969-1996] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of the Staff Secretary. 1976 - 1981. Presidential Files. 1977 - 1981. 12/17/79 [1] Jimmy Carter Library
creatorOf Brooks, Lawrence Graham, 1881-1981. Papers, 1897-1981. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Morton, Thruston Ballard, 1907-1982. Thruston Ballard Morton papers, 1968-1982. The Filson Historical Society
referencedIn National Federation of Grain Cooperatives. National Federation of Grain Cooperatives records, 1946-1976. Cornell University Library
creatorOf Philip W. Buchen Papers. 1962 - 1992. Correspondence Files Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn Bales, Polly Roth. [Polly Bales collection]. University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn Arthur E. Scott photograph collection George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections & Archives
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 749 National Archives at College Park
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creatorOf Wilson, Paul E., 1913-2001. Paul E. Wilson papers, [ca. 1947]-2001. Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Records of the 1976 Campaign Committee to Elect Jimmy Carter . 1976 - 1976. Stuart Eizenstat's Subject Files. 1976 - 1976. Dole, Bob-Voting Record Jimmy Carter Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Executive Office Building tape number 248 Richard Nixon Library
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referencedIn Dennis A. “Denny” Smith papers, 1979-1991, 1984-1990 Willamette University Archives and Special Collections
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creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. [Robert J. Dole Senate papers-personal/political files, 1969-1996] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. Miscellaneous papers. Jacksonville University, Carl S. Swisher Library
referencedIn Bentley, P. F. PF Bentley, photographic archive, 1979-2001. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Paul Gann Archive, 1978-1986 California state library
referencedIn Kindt, Donald J. 1925-2000,. Oral history interview with Donald J. Kindt, [sound recording], 1994. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
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creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. [Robert J. Dole House of Representatives papers, 1960-1969] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn Morton, Rogers C. B. (Rogers Clark Ballard), 1914-1979. Rogers Morton Papers, 1939-1976, 1960-1976 (bulk dates). University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn President Ford Committee Records. 1975 - 1977. Veterans Desk Subject Files Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn PF Bentley Photographic Archive 2002-179; 2002-199; 2002-220; 2011-357., 1979-2001 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. [Robert J. Dole Senate papers-office administration, 1969-1996] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
referencedIn United States Political Campaign Materials Collection, and undated, 1840-2009 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Smith, Hedrick, 1933-. Hedrick Smith Papers, 1923-1992 (bulk: 1965-1990) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Huston-Tillotson College. President's records, 1962-1990. Huston-Tillotson University, Downs-Jones Library
creatorOf Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994. Papers of Hugh Scott [manuscript], 1944-1981. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn September 1994 (#4050) Gerald R. Ford Library
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Records of the U.S. Senate. 1789 - 2015. Committee Papers. 1816 - 2011. Correspondence and Speeches of Senator Robert (Bob) Dole, Subcommittee on the Courts and Administrative Practices of the Committee on the Judiciary for the 95th-96th Congresses Center for Legislative Archives
creatorOf Records of the Federal Aviation Administration. 1922 - 2008. Airspace Rulemaking Project Files National Archives at Kansas City
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 540 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Political ephemera, 1986-1998. State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives
referencedIn MCI Communications Corporation. Regulatory Affairs (Records of Kenneth A. Cox). Records, 1939-1990 (bulk 1970-1985). Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf MS 8238, Jacobs, Jerome 1910-. Jerome Jacobs papers 1974-1985 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn Gregg, Hugh, 1917-. The presidential campaigns of Bob Dole, 1979-1996. NHAIS, NH Automated Information System
referencedIn Hill, Clyde, 1912-1992. Clyde Hill papers, 1948-1989 (bulk 1955-1975). Kansas State Historical Society
referencedIn Swanson, Dick L., 1935-. Swanson, Dick L., photographic archive, 1959-1994. University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Boineau, Dotsy Diane Lloyd. Dotsy Diane Lloyd Boineau papers, 1898-2000. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
referencedIn Summitville Tiles (Summitville, Ohio). Tile [realia]. Ohio History Connection, Ohio Historical Society
referencedIn Thomas J. Dodd Papers, undated, 1919-1971. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Jefferson, Edward Graham, 1921-2006. Edward Graham Jefferson papers, 1962-1992 (bulk, 1979-1987) Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Evans, Rowland, 1921-2001. Rowland Evans Jr. and Robert D. Novak papers, 1948-2008. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Polly Bales Collection, 1930-1995 University of Kansas Kenneth Spencer Research Library Kanas Collection
referencedIn Curtis Putnam Nettels papers, 1917-1981. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Photographs of the White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration). 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration. 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. Photograph of President William J. Clinton Addressing a Bipartisan Leadership Meeting Regarding Somalia William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. Robert J. Dole : commercials, 1968-1996. University of Oklahoma, Political Community Archives
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. [Robert J. Dole Senate papers-constituent relations, 1969-1996] University of Kansas Archives / MSS / Rare Books, Kenneth Spencer Research Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Cabinet Room tape number 107 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn President Ford Committee Records. 1975 - 1977. Farm Desk Subject Files Gerald R. Ford Library
creatorOf Kilpatrick, James Jackson, 1920-. Papers of James J. Kilpatrick [manuscript], 1959-1985. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Dole, Robert J., 1923-. Papers, 1970-1994. Denver Public Library, Central Library
referencedIn Collection Number: 1849., 1905-2002, bulk 1977-1999 The Vietnam Center and Archive, Texas Tech University
creatorOf Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994. Papers of Hugh Scott [manuscript], 1925-1979. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Oval Office tape number 486 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Families of Vietnamese Political Prisoners Association. Records, 1905-2002 1977-1999. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Benjamin, Burton. Papers, 1957-1985. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn University of Central Florida Photograph Collection Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries,
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