Elizabeth Dole

Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) was elected to the United States Senate in 2002 to represent North Carolina for a term ending in 2009. She is a Republican. She is also the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee.

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July 29 - 1936 - United States - Senate - 2002 - North Carolina - 2009 - Republican - National Republican Senatorial Committee

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Born Elizabeth Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, she attended Duke University, graduating in 1958, obtaining a master's degree from Harvard University in 1960 and a J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1965.

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Salisbury, North Carolina - Duke University - 1958 - Harvard University - 1960 - J.D. - Harvard Law School - 1965

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She moved to Washington, DC as a Democrat in 1966, working on issues concerning the handicapped. In 1968 she became an independent and worked in the Nixon White House as executive director of the President's Committee for Consumer Interests. Nixon appointed her to a seven-year term on the Federal Trade Commission. In 1975, she became a Republican.

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Washington, DC - Democrat - 1966 - Handicapped - 1968 - Independent - Nixon - White House - Executive director - Consumer - Federal Trade Commission - 1975

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She married Senator Robert J. Dole as his second wife on December 6, 1975, but they have no children. She is the second spouse of a former Senator to be elected to the Senate from a different state from her spouse's (the first was Kansas Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum, who married former Tennessee Senator Howard Baker).

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Robert J. Dole - December 6 - 1975 - Kansas - Nancy Landon Kassebaum - Tennessee - Howard Baker

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She was United States Secretary of Transportation from 1983 to 1987 under Ronald Reagan. As Secretary of Transportation, she is the only woman to have served as the head of a branch of the United States Military, as the United States Coast Guard was in the Department of Transportation at the the time. Dole also served as United States Secretary of Labor from 1989 to 1990 under George H. W. Bush.

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United States Secretary of Transportation - 1983 - 1987 - Ronald Reagan - United States Military - United States Coast Guard - United States Secretary of Labor - 1989 - 1990 - George H. W. Bush

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From 1991 to 2000 she was president of the American Red Cross.

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1991 - 2000 - President - American Red Cross

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