BOB DOLE 1923 REPUBLICAN SENATOR AND POLITICIAN DOLE BOB 1923 U.S GOV'T LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS AND POLITICS BORN IN RUSSELL KANSAS BOB DOLE LEFT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS IN 1943 TO SERVE IN WORLD WAR II INJURED IN ITALY IN 1945 HE MADE A FULL RECOVERY EXCEPT FOR THE USE OF HIS RIGHT ARM AND HAND AFTER RETURNING TO COLLEGE DOLE RECEIVED A LAW DEGREE HE THEN SERVED AS A KANSAS STATE LEGISLATOR AND AS A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN 1960 DOLE WON A SEAT IN THE U.S CONGRESS WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL MOVING TO THE SENATE IN 1969 DOLE WAS PRESIDENT GERALD FORD'S RUNNING MATE IN 1976 BUT THEY LOST THE ELECTION TO DEMOCRATS JIMMY CARTER AND WALTER MONDALE DOLE HIMSELF RAN FOR THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1980 AND 1988 BOTH CAMPAIGNS WERE UNSUCCESSFUL DOLE SERVED AS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER FROM 1984 TO 1986 AND 1994 TO 1996 AFTER WINNING THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION IN 1996 HE RESIGNED FROM THE SENATE TO FOCUS ON THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON DOLE LOST THE ELECTION
