词条 | Dole, Bob |
释义 | Dole, Bob United States senator byname of Robert Joseph Dole born July 22, 1923, Russell, Kansas, U.S. ![]() Dole was born into a working-class family and left the University of Kansas to serve in the army during World War II. He became a second lieutenant and was seriously wounded during fighting in Italy. His recuperation from almost total paralysis took nearly four years, and, despite three major operations, he was left without the use of his right arm and hand. He returned to school and graduated with a law degree from Washburn Municipal University in Topeka, Kansas. From 1951 to 1953 Dole was a Republican member of the Kansas state legislature, and he thereafter served four terms as the Russell county prosecuting attorney. From 1961 to 1969 he was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1968 and was reelected repeatedly thereafter. He also served (1971–73) as chairman of the Republican National Committee under President Richard M. Nixon (Nixon, Richard M.). ![]() ![]() Dole's political career was characterized by pragmatic conservatism. His second wife, Elizabeth Hanford Dole, whom he married in 1975, also held a number of influential U.S. governmental posts. |
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