Bob Dole

Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is best known as a former Republican United States Senate Majority Leader and Senator from Kansas. He was also the unsuccessful Republican nominee for President in the 1996 election, losing to incumbent Bill Clinton.

Early Years

Dole was born in, and would spent his entire childhood in Russell, Kansas. The Doles were a modest and hardworking family. During the Great Depression, which hit all of Kansas very hard, the Doles moved into the basement of their home, and rented out the rest of their house. Dole took many odd-jobs around Russell as a boy, and would later work as a soda jerk in the local drug store.

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Childhood - Russell, Kansas - Great Depression - Kansas - Basement - Soda jerk - Drug store

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Dole graduated from High School in the Spring of 1941, and enrolled at the University of Kansas the following Autumn. Dole, who was a star High School athlete in his native Russell, earned a coveted spot on the KU Jayhawks basketball team under the legendary coach Phog Allen. Dole studied Law at KU, but his studies were interrupted by the start of World War II. After the war, Dole continued to study law, and eventually earned his Law Degree from Washburn University in 1952.

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High School - Spring - 1941 - University of Kansas - Autumn - Jayhawks - Basketball - Phog Allen - World War II - Washburn University - 1952

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