He lost, but as his wife, Elizabeth (who later became a Senator herself) said, "Bob Dole is a fighter.
He spent 27 years in the Senate but resigned, quitting his post as Majority Leader, when he ran against President Bill Clinton in 1996, becoming the last presidential candidate to have served in World War II. They lost that contest, and Dole was unsuccessful when he sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980 and '88. He was President Gerald Ford's VP pick when he ran for election in 1976. In 1950 Dole was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, and, after a stint as County Attorney of Russell County, was elected to the House in 1960, and later the Senate. He said he decided on a life of public service while still recovering from his wounds: "I figured out that lying in bed the rest of my life was not an option," Dole told "Sunday Morning" correspondent Rita Braver. The support from his hometown, he told "Sunday Morning" in 2021, was symbolized by a cigar box: "My friends in Dawson's Drugstore in Russell, Kansas, when they heard that I was wounded, they passed the box around and kept it on the counter, and asked people to give money." His terrible wounds, from which he spent three years recuperating, would cost him the use of his right arm. A young Army Captain, he was advancing against Nazi fortifications in Italy when he was hit by gunfire.
The Kansas-born Robert Dole (July 22, 1923-December 5, 2021) was a high school athlete who wanted to be a doctor, but World War II intervened. The Associated Press contributed to this gallery. DAVID AKE/AFP via Getty ImagesĪ look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.īy senior producer David Morgan. Senator Bob Dole campaigns for president in 1996.
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