The former Senate majority leader, presidential candidate, and World War II veteran died in his sleep on Sunday
Bob Dole at a 2016 Veterans Day ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Photo: Oliver Douliery/AFP via Getty Images Bob Dole, the longtime Republican senator, former presidential hopeful, and decorated World War II veteran, died in his sleep on Sunday. He was 98.
From 1969 to 1996, the Kansas native represented the state in the United States Senate and served as Senate majority leader for the last 11 years of his tenure. In 1996, he became the Republican nominee for president — one of the oldest first-time presidential nominees at age 73. Decades earlier, President Gerald Ford had selected Dole to be his running mate in the 1976 presidential election.
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