predecessor successor birth_name birth_place president jr/sr party term_end office birth_date term_start signature image article_title state name
jesse helms ann mclaughlin andrew lewis anne wexler kay hagan lynn martin james burnley faith whittlesey mary elizabeth alexander hanford salisbury , north carolina , u.s. george h. w. bush ronald reagan ronald reagan united states senator democratic -lrb- before 1975 -rrb- january 30 , 1987 february 7 , 1983 3 , 2009 november 23 , 1990 september 20th secretary of transportation 5th assistant to the president for public united liaison states secretary of labor 8th united states 29 july 1936 january 7 , 1983 january 20 , 1981 3 , 2003 january 25 , 1989 february elizabeth dole signature.svg elizabeth dole official photo.jpg elizabeth dole
 north carolina elizabeth dole
elizabeth dole

mary elizabeth alexander hanford `` liddy '' dole -lrb- born july 29 , 1936 -rrb- is an american politician who served in both the ronald reagan and george h. w. bush presidential administrations , as well as a united states senator .
a graduate of duke university and harvard law school , dole served as secretary of transportation under ronald reagan and secretary of labor under george h.w. bush before becoming head of the american red cross .
she then served as north carolina 's first female senator from 2003 to 2009 .
she is a member of the republican party and former chair of the national republican senatorial committee .
she is married to former u.s. senate majority leader , 1976 republican vice-presidential nominee and 1996 republican presidential nominee bob dole .
