Photos. Sen. Bob Dole through the years

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Through the years U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (R) swears in Senator Elizabeth Dole (L)(R-NC) as her husband, former Senator Bob Dole (C), looks on during a swearing in re-enactment January 7, 2003 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. This is the first day of the 108th Congress and members of the House of Representatives will be sworn in and leadership elections will be held. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Through the years Former President Bill Clinton (L) gives the inaugural Dole Lecture in Allen Fieldhouse as former Senator Bob Dole (R) listens on the University of Kansas campus on May 21, 2004 in Lawrence, Kansas. Former Senator Dole invited his 1996 Presidential opponant to give the lecture to kick off the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics. (Photo by Larry W. Smith/Getty Images) (Larry W. Smith/Getty Images)

Through the years (L-R) Former Senators Warren Rudman (R-NH) and George Mitchell (D-ME), Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-TN), Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) and her husband, former Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS), and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) standing in front of Robert Dole's official "Leadership Portrait" in the Old Senate Chamber in the US Capitol July 25, 2006 in Washington, DC. Sen. Bob Dole first came to Congress as a representative in 1961 and was elected to the Senate in 1968. He retired from leadership in 1996 after accepting the GOP presidential nomination. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Through the years Co-Chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala (L) speaks as former U.S. Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) listens during a hearing before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee September 19, 2007 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was held to discuss the findings and recommendations from the commission's review on services the U.S. provides to its "wounded warriors." (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Through the years Former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) (C) and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala (L), co-chairs of the President?s Commission on Care for America?s Returning Wounded Warriors, listen to U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during a Rose Garden event October 16, 2007 at the White House in Washington, DC. Bush had a closed meeting with members of the commission prior to the event to discuss the commission?s recommendations. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Through the years Former Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole (R-KS) waves as U.S. President George W. Bush delivers his State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol January 28, 2008 in Washington, DC. Bush, in his last address, spoke on such topics as the uncertainty of the economy, improving education, the status of the war in Iraq, and immigration reform. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Through the years Former Senator Elizabeth Dole (R-NC) looks at her husband former Senator Bob Dole (R-KS) during an event at the World War II Memorial April 12, 2011 in Washington, DC. Vice President Joseph Biden was joined by Secretary of the Interior Kenneth Salazar and others to dedicate a plaque for Dole's, a World War II veteran, involvement in building the memorial. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images) (Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images)

Through the years Former Sen. Bob Dole arrives for the hearing for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for the director of the CIA, Rep. Mike Pompeo(R-KS) before the Senate (Select) Intelligence Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on January 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. Mr. Pompeo is a former Army officer who graduated first in his class from West Point. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Through the years Former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R-KS), introduces Michael Pompeo, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and U.S. secretary of state nominee for the Trump administration, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, April 12, 2018. (Photo by Cheriss May) (Photo by Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Through the years Washington, D.C. - June 9: U.S. Customs and Border Patrol officers and explorers pose for a photo with former Senator Bob Dole, R-Kansas, at the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., on June 9, 2018. Dole was with the 10th Mountain Division and severely wounded during fighting in Italy just before the end of the war in Europe. Explorers are high school students considering careers in law enforcement. (Photo by Cheryl Diaz Meyer for The Washington Post via Getty Images) (Cheryl Diaz Meyer/The Washington Post via Getty Im)

Through the years Former Senator Bob Dole pays his respects at the casket of the late former President George H.W. Bush as he lies in state at the U.S. Capitol, December 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. A WWII combat veteran, Bush served as a member of Congress from Texas, ambassador to the United Nations, director of the CIA, vice president and 41st president of the United States. Bush will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda until Wednesday morning. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

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