Senator Robert J. Dole Born 1923- Served 45 Years in Public Office
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Robert Dole served for 45 years in public office including service in the Kansas state legislature, both houses of the U.S. Congress, as leader of his party’s national committee, floor leader in the U.S. Senate, and the Republican Party’s nominations for vice president and president of the United States. He left his imprint on a mass of legislation and campaigned for countless other candidates. As a committee chairman and party leader, he mastered the art of forging consensus and compromise. He also seasons the seriousness of politics and government with a ready supply of good humor, candor, and a common sense approach, earning him respect from both sides of the aisle. Overall he served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 8 years and the Senate for more than 27 years
Everett Raymond Kinstler
U.S. Senate Leadership Portrait Collection <br /><br />Source: <a href="https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_32_00045.htm">United States Senate</a><br /><br />Source: Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, University of Kansas
United States Senate
2006
Everett Raymond Kinstler
United States Senate
See also: <a href="http://doleinstitute.org/about-bob-dole/timeline-of-life/">Robert J. Dole Timeline</a>
Medium: Oil on Canvas
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William McKinley Presidential Campaign
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<strong>"Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be."</strong> - Sydney J. Harris <br /><br />In the 1896 presidential election, McKinley's opponent was William Jennings Bryan, who ran on a single issue of "free silver" and money policy....McKinley promised that he would promote industry and banking, and guarantee prosperity for every group in a pluralistic nation. A Democratic cartoon ridiculed the promise, saying it would rock the boat. McKinley replied that the protective tariff would bring prosperity to all groups, city and country alike, while Bryan's free silver would create inflation but no new jobs, would bankrupt railroads, and would permanently damage the economy. [McKinely] defeated Bryan by a large margin. His appeal to all classes is thought by many to have marked a realignment of American politics and initiated the progressive era. His success in industrial cities gave the Republican party a grip on the North comparable to that of the Democrats in the South.
McKinley Presidential Campaign
Source William McKinley. (2012, October 1). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 4, 2012, from <a href="http://bit.ly/Pfkce4">http://bit.ly/Pfkce4</a>
Library of Congress
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McKinley Presidential Campaign
Library of Congress
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