Dole, Robert Joseph(Bob)

US Republican politician

fought in World War II 1942-1945

severely wounded at Castel d'Aiano, Italy 1945

convalesced 1945-1948, but sustained irreparable damage to right arm

Representative from Kansas 1961-1969

Senator from Kansas 1969-1996

chairman of Republican National Committee 1971-1973

Republican vice-presidential candidate 1976

candidate for Republican presidential nomination 1980, 1988

chairman of Senate Finance Committee 1981-1985

Senate majority leader 1985-1987, 1995-1996

Senate minority leader 1987-1995

helped secure passage of Americans with Disabilities Act 1990

Republican presidential candidate 1996

co-sponsor and co-eponym of Dole-Canady bill to ban racial and sexual discrimination in federal contracting 1996

husband of Elizabeth Dole 1975

• "At least she's the president of something, which is more than I can say."(on his wife Elizabeth, president of the American Red Cross)"
• "If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole."
• "History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon-See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil."
• "We'll all be riding that streetcar of desire."
• "When it's all over, it's not who you were. . . it's whether you made a difference."