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Bob Dole (1923–2021), longtime U.S. senator from Kansas

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Bob Dole represented Kansas as a Republican in the U.S. Senate from 1969 to 1996 and ran for president against Democrat Bill Clinton in 1996.Dole was a Kansas native, born July 22, 1923, in the small town of Russell.

He attended the University of Kansas, first as a pre-med student, though he later decided to study law. His college career was interrupted by World War II, during which Dole served in the U.S.

Army.His war years had a lasting impact on his life: He was gravely injured by machine-gun fire while fighting in Italy, hit in his back and right arm.

His injuries nearly took his life both on the battlefield and again after he was sent home to the U.S. for treatment, when he had to fight a severe infection.