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.

Personal life

Dole married Phyllis Holden, an occupational therapist at a Veterans Hospital, in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1948. His daughter Robin was born in 1954. Dole and Phyllis divorced in 1972.

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Battle Creek, Michigan - 1948 - 1954 - 1972

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Dole has been married to Senator Elizabeth Dole, nee Hanford of North Carolina since 1975. Elizabeth ran an unsuccessful campaign for the Republican nomination for President in 2000 and was elected to the United States Senate in 2002.

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Elizabeth Dole - North Carolina - 1975 - 2000 - 2002

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