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  1. Dec 5, 2021 · “It adds a certain poignancy,” Richard Norton Smith, the former director of the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics at the University of Kansas, said in an interview for this obituary in 2009 ...

    • Early Life
    • U.S. Congress
    • Presidential Ambitions
    • Retirement
    • Dole on The Biggest Change in Politics Since He Ran For President

    Dole was a Kansas native, born July 22, 1923, in the small town of Russell. He attended the University of Kansas, first as a pre-med student, though he later decided to study law. His college career was interrupted by World War II, during which Dole served in the U.S. Army. His war years had a lasting impact on his life: He was gravely injured by m...

    Dole entered national politics in 1960 when he successfully campaigned for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. He served there until Jan. 3, 1969. In 1968, voters elected him to the U.S. Senate. During his five terms in the Senate from 1969 to 1996, he served on committees including the Republican National Committee, Agriculture Committee ...

    While serving in the Senate, Dole ran for vice president in 1976 with presidential candidate Gerald Ford (1913 – 2006), losing in a narrow margin to Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale. He sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and again in 1988, but was defeated by Ronald Reagan (1911 – 2004) and George H.W. Bush (1924 – 2018), respecti...

    Dole retired from politics after losing the 1996 election, and in the years after his retirement, he became a writer, public speaker and consultant. He wrote several books, including two memoirs and a reflection on presidential humor, “Great Presidential Wit (… I Wish I Was in the Book): A Collection of Humorous Anecdotes and Quotations,” in which ...

    “Money. Now they talk about raising $1 billion to run for president. It’s unreal. We need to do something to stop all this money in politics. I’ve always believed when people give big money, they — maybe silently — expect something in return.” —from a 2015 interview with AARP Bulletin Tributes to Bob Dole Full obituary: The Washington Post

  2. Dec 5, 2021 · Diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in February, Dole died early Sunday in his sleep at age 98, according to the Elizabeth Dole Foundation. It did not say where he died or list a cause. “Bob was ...

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  4. Dec 5, 2021 · Carolyn Kaster/AP. 1 of 7. i. View slideshow. Bob Dole, a longtime Senate Republican leader and the party's presidential nominee in 1996, died Sunday at age 98. Dole's death was confirmed in a ...

  5. Dec 6, 2021 · Longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, Bob Dole, dies at 98 Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in ...

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  6. Dec 5, 2021 · “Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years,” according to a statement from ...

  7. Dec 5, 2021 · Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbol and celebrant of his dwindling generation of World War II veterans, has died. He was 98. His wife, Elizabeth Dole, posted the announcement Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021, on Twitter.