 {{infobox officeholder |name = bob dole |image = bob dole, pccww photo portrait.jpg |jr/sr = united states senator |state = kansas |term_start = january 3, 1969 |term_end = june 11, 1996 |preceded = frank carlson |succeeded = sheila frahm |order3 = senate majority leader |term_start3 = january 3, 1995 |term_end3 = june 11, 1996 |3blankname3 = whip |3namedata3 = trent lott |predecessor3 = george j. mitchell |successor3 = trent lott |term_start4 = january 3, 1985 |term_end4 = january 3, 1987 |4blankname4 = whip |4namedata4 = alan k. simpson |predecessor4 = howard h. baker, jr. |successor4 = robert c. byrd |order5 = senate minority leader |term_start5 = january 3, 1987 |term_end5 = january 3, 1995 |5blankname5 = whip |5namedata5 = alan k. simpson |predecessor5 = robert byrd |successor5 = tom daschle |predecessor6 = russell b. long |successor6 = bob packwood |order6 = chairman of the senate finance committee |term_start6 = january 3, 1981 |term_end6 = january 3, 1985 |district7 = 1st |state7 = kansas |term_start7 = january 3, 1963 |term_end7 = january 3, 1969 |preceded7 = william henry avery |succeeded7 = keith sebelius |district8 = 6th |state8 = kansas |term_start8 = january 3, 1961 |term_end8 = january 3, 1963 |preceded8 = wint smith |succeeded8 = district abolished |order9 = 47th chairman of the republican national committee |term_start9 = 1971 |term_end9 = 1973 |predecessor9= rogers morton |successor9 = george h. w. bush |birth_date =  |birth_place = russell, kansas, u.s. |death_date = |death_place = |party = republican party |birth_date = |birth_place = russell, kansas |birth_name = robert joseph dole |death_date = |death_place = |signature = bob dole signature2.svg |spouse=(1) phyllis holden, divorced (2) elizabeth h. dole |children=robin |religion= methodist |footnotes= |spouse = phyllis holden elizabeth hanford  |alma_mater = university of kansas, lawrenceuniversity of arizonawashburn university |signature = bob dole signature2.svg |allegiance =  |branch = 20px|united states army seal united states army |serviceyears = 1942â1948 |unit = [[10th mountain division (united states)|10th mount
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