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    Bob Dole, longtime GOP senator and 1996 presidential nominee, dies

    After recovering from wounds suffered in World War II, Dole went on to represent Kansas in Congress for more than 30 years.
    by Mara Liasson Dec 05, 2021 6 minutes
    Newt Gingrich, the incoming speaker of the House, meets with Dole, then Senate majority leader, on Capitol Hill on Jan. 3, 1995. The 104th Congress had a Republican majority in both chambers for the first time since 1954.
    Updated December 5, 2021 at 3:21 PM ET

    Bob Dole, a longtime Senate Republican leader and the party's presidential nominee in 1996, died Sunday at age 98.

    Dole's death was confirmed in a tweet by the Elizabeth Dole Foundation.

    "It is with heavy hearts we announce that Senator Robert Joseph Dole died early this morning in his sleep. At his death, at age 98, he had served the United States of America faithfully for 79 years."

    Dole was in many ways the embodiment of the World War II generation in Congress. He had served in a combat division in Italy and suffered grievous wounds that kept him in military hospitals for years after the war. But despite losing the use of his right arm, he got through law school and became a public prosecutor, state legislator, representative and U.S. senator.

    "Bob was an American statesman like few in our history," said President Joe Biden, who served with Dole in the Senate. "A

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