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Dole (1997-2005)[edit]
Robert Joseph Dole (July 22, 1923 – December 5, 2021) was an American politician and attorney who represented Kansas in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996. He was the Republican Leader of the Senate during the final 11 years of his tenure, including three non-consecutive years as Senate Majority Leader. Prior to his 27 years in the Senate, he served in the United States House of Representatives from 1961 to 1969. Dole was also the Republican presidential nominee in the 1996 election and the vice presidential nominee in the 1976 election.
Bob Dole | |
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 Official portrait, 1997 | |
| 44th President of the United States | |
| In office January 20, 1997 – January 20, 2005 | |
| Vice President | Jack Kemp |
| Preceded by | Bob Kerrey |
| Succeeded by | John Edwards |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
| In office January 3, 1995 – June 11, 1996 | |
| Whip | Trent Lott |
| Preceded by | George Mitchell |
| Succeeded by | Trent Lott |
| In office January 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987 | |
| Whip | Alan Simpson |
| Preceded by | Howard Baker |
| Succeeded by | Robert Byrd |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
| In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 1995 | |
| Whip | Alan Simpson |
| Preceded by | Robert Byrd |
| Succeeded by | Tom Daschle |
| Chair of the Republican National Committee | |
| In office January 15, 1971 – January 19, 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Rogers Morton |
| Succeeded by | George H. W. Bush |
| United States Senator from Kansas | |
| In office January 3, 1969 – June 11, 1996 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Carlson |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Frahm |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas | |
| In office January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1969 | |
| Preceded by | Wint Smith |
| Succeeded by | Keith Sebelius |
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| Member of the Kansas House of Representatives from the 81st district | |
| In office January 9, 1951 – January 13, 1953 | |
| Preceded by | Elmo Mahoney |
| Succeeded by | R. C. Williams |
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| Born | Robert Joseph Dole July 22, 1923 Russell, Kansas, U.S. |
| Died | December 5, 2021 (aged 98) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | Washburn University (BA, LLB) |
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| Military service | |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1942–1948 |
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| Unit | 10th Mountain Division |
| Wars | World War II (WIA) |
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Dole was born and raised in Russell, Kansas, where he established a legal career after serving with distinction in the United States Army during World War II. Following a period as Russell County Attorney, he won election to the House of Representatives in 1960. In 1968, Dole was elected to the Senate, where he served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1971 to 1973 and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee from 1981 to 1985. He led the Senate Republicans from 1985 to his resignation in 1996, and served as Senate Majority Leader from 1985 to 1987 and from 1995 to 1996. In his role as Republican leader, he helped defeat Democratic President Bill Clinton's health care plan.
President Gerald Ford chose Dole as his running mate in the 1976 election after Vice President Nelson Rockefeller withdrew from seeking a full term. The Ford-Dole ticket was defeated by the Democratic ticket of Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale in the general election. Dole sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1980, but quickly dropped out of the race. He experienced more success in the 1988 Republican primaries but was defeated by Vice President George H. W. Bush. Dole won the Republican presidential nomination in 1996 and selected Jack Kemp as his running mate. The Republican ticket lost in the general election to Clinton, making Dole the first unsuccessful major party nominee for both president and vice president. He resigned from the Senate during the 1996 campaign and did not seek public office again after the election.
Dole remained active after retiring from public office. He appeared in numerous commercials and television programs and served on various councils. In 2012, Dole unsuccessfully advocated Senate ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He initially supported Jeb Bush in the 2016 Republican primaries, but later became the only former Republican presidential nominee to endorse Donald Trump in the general election. Dole was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation and special counsel at the Washington, D.C., office of law firm Alston & Bird.[3] Dole was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on January 17, 2018. He was married to former U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina.
Edwards (2005-2008)[edit]
Johnny Reid Edwards (born June 10, 1953) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2004 alongside John Kerry, losing to incumbents George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. He also was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.
John Edwards | |
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 Official portrait, 2005 | |
| 45th President of the United States | |
| In office January 20, 2005 – August 8, 2008 | |
| Vice President | Wesley Clark |
| Preceded by | Bob Dole |
| Succeeded by | Wesley Clark |
| United States Senator from North Carolina | |
| In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Lauch Faircloth |
| Succeeded by | Richard Burr |
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| Born | Johnny Reid Edwards June 10, 1953 Seneca, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | [a] |
| Domestic partner | Rielle Hunter (2006–2015) |
| Children | 5, including Cate |
| Education | Clemson University North Carolina State University (BA) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (JD) |
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Edwards defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in North Carolina's 1998 Senate election. Toward the end of his six-year term, he opted to retire from the Senate and focus on a Democratic campaign in the 2004 presidential election. He eventually became the 2004 Democratic nominee for vice president, the running mate of presidential nominee Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts.
Following Kerry's loss to incumbent President George W. Bush, Edwards began working full-time at the One America Committee, a political action committee he established in 2001, and was appointed director of the Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law. He was also a consultant for Fortress Investment Group LLC.
Following his 2008 presidential campaign, Edwards was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 3, 2011, on six felony charges of violating multiple federal campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair to which he eventually admitted. He was found not guilty on one count, and the judge declared a mistrial on the remaining five charges, as the jury was unable to come to an agreement.[4] The Justice Department dropped the remaining charges and did not attempt to retry Edwards.[5] Though he was not convicted of any crime, the revelation that he had engaged in an extramarital affair and fathered a child while his wife, Elizabeth, was dying of cancer, gravely damaged his public image and essentially ended his political career.
Clark (2008-2009)[edit]
W. Bush (2009-2017)[edit]
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
George W. Bush | |
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 Official portrait, 2003 | |
| 47th President of the United States | |
| In office January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 | |
| Vice President | George Pataki |
| Preceded by | Wesley Clark |
| Succeeded by | Barack Obama |
| 46th Governor of Texas | |
| In office January 17, 1995 – January 11, 2007 | |
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| Preceded by | Ann Richards |
| Succeeded by | Rick Perry |
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| Born | George Walker Bush July 6, 1946 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
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| Parents | |
| Relatives | Bush family |
| Residence(s) | Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas, U.S. |
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| Civilian awards | List of awards and honors |
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| Allegiance | United States |
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| Years of service | 1968–1974 |
| Rank |  First Lieutenant |
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| Military awards | [citation needed] |
The eldest son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush and a member of the Bush family, he flew warplanes in the Texas Air National Guard in his twenties. After graduating from Harvard Business School in 1975, he worked in the oil industry. He later co-owned the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball before being elected governor of Texas in 1994. As governor, Bush successfully sponsored legislation for tort reform, increased education funding, set higher standards for schools, and reformed the criminal justice system. He also helped make Texas the country's leading producer of wind-powered electricity. In the 2000 United States presidential election, he won over Democratic incumbent Vice President Al Gore, despite losing the popular vote after a narrow and contested Electoral College win that involved a Supreme Court decision to stop a recount in Florida.
Upon taking office, Bush signed a major tax cut program and an education reform bill, the No Child Left Behind Act. He pushed for socially conservative efforts such as the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act and faith-based initiatives. He also initiated the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in 2003 to address the AIDS epidemic. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 decisively reshaped his administration, resulting in the start of the war on terror and the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Bush ordered the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan in an effort to overthrow the Taliban, destroy al-Qaeda, and capture Osama bin Laden. He signed the Patriot Act to authorize surveillance of suspected terrorists. He also ordered the 2003 invasion of Iraq on the inaccurate beliefs that Saddam Hussein's regime possessed weapons of mass destruction and developed ties with al-Qaeda. Bush later signed the Medicare Modernization Act, which created Medicare Part D. In 2004, Bush was reelected president in a close election, beating Democratic opponent John Kerry and winning a majority of the popular vote.
During his second term, Bush reached multiple free trade agreements. He appointed John Roberts and Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court. He sought major changes to Social Security and immigration laws, but both efforts failed in Congress. Bush was widely criticized for his handling of Hurricane Katrina and the midterm dismissal of U.S. attorneys. Amid his unpopularity, the Democrats regained control of Congress in the 2006 elections. The Afghanistan and Iraq wars continued, and, in January 2007, Bush launched a surge of troops in Iraq. By December, the U.S. entered the Great Recession, prompting the Bush administration to obtain congressional approval for multiple economic programs intended to preserve the country's financial system, including the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
After finishing his second term, Bush returned to Texas, where he has since maintained a low public profile. At various points in his presidency, he was among both the most popular and unpopular presidents in U.S. history. He received the highest recorded approval ratings in the wake of the September 11 attacks, but also one of the lowest ratings during the 2007–2008 financial crisis. Although public opinion of Bush has improved since he left office, his presidency has generally been rated as below-average by scholars.
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