Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised Bob Dole for 'both conservative victories and big bipartisan achievements' in his more than 10 years as the Republican leader in the Senate.
, a Republican Party stalwart and presidential hopeful who espoused a brand of plain-spoken conservativism as one of Washington's most recognizable political figures throughout the latter half of the 20th century, died Sunday.Dole, who was seriously wounded during World War II, had suffered a series of health ailments in previous years.
Arriving in Washington at the dawn of the Kennedy administration, Dole would serve for 27 years as a US senator from Kansas, including two stints as the Senate majority leader, though he might be best known for his unsuccessful run as the Republican presidential nominee against Bill Clinton in 1996, his third attempt at the White House. He also served as President Gerald Ford's running mate in 1976 after Nelson Rockefeller declined to stay on as vice president.
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