99th Congress (1985-1987) 104th Congress (1995-1997)
Years of Service: 1969-1996 Party: Republican
DOLE, Robert Joseph, a Representative
and a Senator from Kansas; born in Russell, Kans., July 22, 1923; graduated,
Washburn Municipal University, Topeka, Kans., with an undergraduate and law
degree in 1952, after attending Kansas University 1941-1943 and University of
Arizona 1948-1949; during the Second World War served as a combat infantry
officer in Italy; was wounded twice and hospitalized for thirty-nine months;
admitted to the bar and commenced the practice of law in Russell, Kans., 1952;
member, State house of representatives 1951-1953; county attorney of Russell
County 1953-1961; elected as a Republican to the Eighty-seventh Congress and to
the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1961-January 3, 1969); elected to
the United States Senate in 1968, reelected in 1974, 1980, 1986 and again in
1992 and served from January 3, 1969, to June 11, 1996, when he resigned to
devote his efforts to his presidential campaign; majority leader 1985-1987, 1995
- 1996 minority leader 1987 - 1995; chairman, Committee on Finance
(Ninety-seventh and Ninety-eighth Congresses), Special Committee on Security and
Cooperation in Europe (Ninety-ninth Congress); unsuccessful Republican candidate
for Vice President of the United States in 1976; unsuccessful candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination in 1988; unsuccessful Republican nominee for
President of the United States in 1996; engaged in the practice of law in
Washington, DC, 1997- ..
Bibliography
Dole, Robert J. Historical Almanac of the United States Senate: A Series of
“Bicentennial Minutes” Presented to the Senate During the One Hundredth
Congress. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1989; U.S. Congress.
Senate. Tributes Delivered in Congress: Robert J. Dole, United States
Congrssman 1961-1969, United States Senator 1969-1996. Washington:
Government Printing Office, 1996 (S. Doc. 104-19).
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