| 1941 | Graduated Russell High School in Kansas |
| 1941 | Entered the University of Kansas as a pre-med student |
| 1942 | Enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve |
| 1943 | Called into active duty |
| 1944 | Commissioned as a second lieutenant in U.S. Army |
| 1944 | Began term as a pool officer in the 24th Replacement Depot in Italy |
| 1945 | Entered the 85th Mountain Regiment, 10th Mountain Division |
| 1945 | Severely injured in combat trying to protect his troops from enemy fire |
| 1945-1948 | Hospitalized for battle wounds |
| 1948 | Received a GI loan and went to the University of Arizona |
| 1949 | Entered Topeka's Washburn Municipal College |
| 1950 | Elected to the Kansas Legislature |
| 1952 | Graduated Washburn Municipal College with a joint undergraduate degree in history and a graduate degree in law |
| 1952 | Elected as Russell County Attorney (served 8 years) |
| 1954 | Became proud father of daughter, Robin |
| 1960 | Elected to U.S. House of Representatives (served 8 years) |
| 1962 | Helped create the modern public school lunch program by supporting a bill to cut the price of lunches for students in low-income communities |
| 1964 | Voted for the Civil Rights Act |
| 1965 | Voted for the Voting Rights Act |
| 1967 | Voted for the Age Discrimination Act, prohibiting discriminatory hiring and firing practices on the basis of age |
| 1968 | Elected to the U.S. Senate |
| 1969 | Introduced his first bill to the Senate (a bill to provide housing for the disabled) |
| 1971 | Co-sponsored a Balanced Budget Amendment to the Constitution |
| 1971-1973 | Served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee |
| 1974 | Introduced his first campaign finance reform measure |
| 1974 | Introduced a successful bill that prohibited Members of Congress from using the "franking" privilege to solicit money |
| 1975 | Married Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford |
| 1976 | Selected as President Gerald Ford's Vice Presidential running mate |
| 1977 | Began a 9-year push for the line-item veto (passed in 1996) |
| 1977 | Republican author of Food Stamp Act which sought to help low-income Americans affordably feed their families |
| 1979 | Proposed welfare reform measure to transfer power to the states |
| 1981 | As Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced and shepherded the enactment of President Reagan's Economic Recovery Tax Act, the largest tax cut in American history |
| 1983 | Elizabeth Dole named Ronald Reagan's Secretary of Transportation |
| 1983 | Engineered bipartisan rescue of Social Security from insolvency |
| 1984 | Elizabeth gave Bob a miniature schnauzer from the Humane Society named "Leader" |
| 1985 | Elected as U.S. Senate Majority Leader |
| 1986 | Instrumental in passing Tax Reform Act, which cut taxes by $122 billion |
| 1987 | Elected as U.S. Senate Minority Leader |
| 1989 | Elizabeth Dole named Secretary of Labor |
| 1990 | Led the Clean Air Act to passage |
| 1991 | Elizabeth Dole became President of the American Red Cross |
| 1991 | Introduced the Women's Equal Opportunity Act |
| 1993 | Sponsored the Comprehensive Campaign Finance Reform Act |
| 1993 | Led opposition to Clinton's $26 billion tax increase on Social Security benefits |
| 1993 | Sponsored the Sexual Assault Prevention Act |
| 1994 | Introduced a health care reform bill that would used a free market approach to health care reform by focusing on insurance reform and offering subsidies to help low-income Americans buy health insurance. The plan included no taxes, mandates or price controls. |
| 1994 | Elected as U.S. Senate Majority Leader for 104th Congress |
| January 11, 1995 | Pushed the Congressional Accountability Act through the Senate, requiring members of Congress to live under the same laws as the American people. |
| February 21, 1995 | Introduced the Snowe-Dole Child Support Enforcement Act designed to improve and expand existing child support enforcement measures |
| April 10, 1995 | Announced his intent to run for President of the United States |
| July 25, 1995 | Pushed the first comprehensive lobbying reform legislation in 45 years through the Senate |
| July 27, 1995 | Introduced the Equal Opportunity Act |
| September 19, 1995 | Led passage of sweeping welfare reform plan (Clinton vetoed) |
| October 18, 1995 | Authored the "Dole GI Bill" |
| December 22, 1995 | Led welfare reform plan to passage - vetoed by Clinton. |
| December 22, 1995 | Became the longest serving Republican Leader in Senate history |
| March 27, 1996 | Engineered passage of line-item veto in the Senate, enabling future Presidents to delete costly pork-barrel spending measures from bills |
| May 9, 1996 | Pushed "Megan's Law" through the Senate, protecting America's children from convicted sex offenders |
| May 15, 1996 | Announced Resignation from Senate |
| June 6, 1996 | Came within a single vote of passing the Balanced Budget Amendment |
| June 11, 1996 | Bob Dole Resigned from the Senate |
| August 15, 1996 | Will become the Republican Party's nominee for President of the United States of America |
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