Question: The 1976 Republican National Convention Vice President nominee represented Kansas in what branch from 1961-1996?

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2016 Republican National Convention: The 2016 Republican National Convention, in which delegates of the United States Republican Party chose the party's nominees for President of the United States and Vice President of the United States in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, was held July 18–21, 2016, at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.  The event marked the third time Cleveland has hosted the Republican National Convention and the first since 1936.  In addition to determining the party's national ticket, the convention ratified the party platform.

Bob Dole: Robert Joseph Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an American lawyer and politician who represented Kansas in Congress from 1961 to 1996 and served as the Republican Leader of the United States Senate from 1985 until 1996.  He was the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 presidential election and the party's vice presidential nominee in the 1976 presidential election.

Delegates Unbound: Delegates Unbound is an American non-profit political organization established in 2016.  According to the organization, the group is "working to bring long term reform to the Republican Party."  The group also states that its "primary focus" is educating delegates to the 2016 Republican National Convention "that they are unbound and free to vote as they see fit on all matters before the Republican National Convention, including whomever they wish to be the Republican nominee for President" in the 2016 presidential election.

Four More Years: Four More Years is a 1972 documentary covering the 1972 Republican National Convention produced by Top Value Television.  The title of the film refers to Richard Nixon's re-election slogan.  The convention named Nixon as the Presidential nominee and Spiro Agnew as the nominee for Vice President.  All filming takes place on the site of the convention center in Miami Beach, Florida.  It was TVTV's second production, after "The World's Largest TV Studio" (1972), which covered the Democratic Convention one month prior.

1976 Republican National Convention: The 1976 Republican National Convention was a United States political convention of the Republican Party that met from August 16 to August 19, 1976, to select the party's nominee for President.  Held in Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri, the convention nominated President Gerald Ford for a full term, but only after narrowly defeating a strong challenge from former California Governor Ronald Reagan.  The convention also nominated Senator Robert J. Dole of Kansas for Vice President, instead of Vice President Nelson Rockefeller.  The keynote address was delivered by Tennessee Senator Howard Baker.  Other notable speakers included Minnesota Representative Al Quie, retired Lieutenant Colonel and former Vietnam prisoner of war Raymond Schrump, former Texas Governor John Connally, Providence, Rhode Island mayor Vincent Cianci and Michigan Senator Robert P. Griffin.  It is the last national convention by either of the two major parties to feature a seriously contested nomination between candidates.

1860 Republican National Convention: The 1860 Republican National Convention, also known as the 2nd Republican National Convention, was a nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 16 to 18, 1860.  The gathering nominated former U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois for President of the United States and Senator Hannibal Hamlin of Maine for Vice President.

Republican Party presidential primaries, 2012: The 2012 Republican presidential primaries were the selection processes in which voters of the Republican Party elected state delegations to the Republican National Convention.  The national convention then selected its nominee to run for President of the United States in the 2012 presidential election.  There were 2,286 delegates chosen, and a candidate needed to accumulate 1,144 delegate votes at the convention to win the nomination.  The caucuses allocated delegates to the respective state delegations to the national convention, but the actual election of the delegates were, many times, at a later date.  Delegates were elected in different ways that vary from state to state.  They could be elected at local conventions, selected from slates submitted by the candidates, selected at committee meetings, or elected directly at the caucuses and primaries.

1856 Republican National Convention: The 1856 Republican National Convention, also known as the first Republican National Convention, met from June 17 to June 19, 1856, at the Musical Fund Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.  The gathering nominated John C. Frémont, formerly a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army and Senator from California, and former Senator William Dayton of New Jersey for President and Vice President.  Frémont and Dayton were the new party's standard-bearers in the 1856 presidential election.  The convention also appointed a Republican National Committee to govern the new organization.

Republican Party presidential primaries, 1976: The 1976 Republican presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Republican Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1976 U.S. presidential election.  Incumbent President Gerald Ford was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1976 Republican National Convention held from August 16 to August 19, 1976, in Kansas City, Missouri.  1976 was the first time that Republican primaries or caucuses were held in every state; the Democrats had previously done so in 1972.

Clarke Reed: Clarke Thomas Reed (born 1928) is a businessman and investor from Greenville, Mississippi, who was from 1966 to 1976 the state chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party.  Reed was instrumental in the nomination of U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., at the 1976 Republican National Convention held in Kansas City, Missouri.

Supporting paragraphs: 1976 Republican National Convention Bob Dole
Answer: Congress