House of Representatives Papers Timeline

*House of Representatives Papers (1960-1969)* ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES BRIEF BIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES SCOPE AND CONTENT ARRANGEMENT SERIES DESCRIPTIONS TIMELINE OF EVENTS Robert J. Dole Timeline of Events
1870	Joseph and Elva Talbott and Robert and Margaret Dole arrive in Fossil Station, KS (Russell) part of immigration from Wisconsin, Ohio, and New York
02/23/1921	Doran Ray Dole marries Bina Talbott
Parents of Robert Dole, Doran and Bina Dole.
08/26/1921	Birth of Gloria Dole
07/22/1923	Birth of Robert Joseph Dole
09/01/1924	Birth of Kenneth Dole
10/24/1925	Birth of Norma Jean Dole
05/26/1941	Graduates from Russell High School
09/15/1941	Student at the University of Kansas; completes 51 academic hours
Bob Dole, student at the University of Kansas, c. 1942.
12/15/1942	Enlisted as Private, U.S. Army Enlisted Reserve Corps
06/01/1943	Called to active duty, end of sophomore year KU
06/01/1943	Camp Barkley, Texas (boot camp); assigned to the 75th Infantry; Army Medical Corps
09/00/1943	Brooklyn College, NY for classes in Army Specialized Training Program (A.S.T.P.) for engineering
01/24/1944	75th Infantry moved to Camp Polk, LA Louisiana for maneuvers
04/07/1944	75th Infantry transferred to Ft. Breckinridge, KY; trained as an anti-tank gunner in 290th Infantry Regiment
06/15/1944	Applies to Officer Candidate School (OCS)
08/00/1944	Ft. Benning, GA; OCS; graduates November 17, 1944
11/17/1944	Honorably discharged as Corporal to accept commission as 2nd Lieutenant
11/18/1944	Appointed 2nd Lieutenant and entered active duty at Fort Benning, GA
11/28/1944	Assigned to Fort Meade, MD for overseas shipment
Private Dole, c. 1944.
12/08/1944	Departed for European Theater of Operations
12/24/1944	Assigned to the 24th Replacement Depot at De Sopra, Italy
02/25/1945	Assigned to 10th Mountain Division, 85th Mountain Regiment, 3rd Battalion, Company I, 2nd Platoon leader
03/00/1945	Lightly wounded in action, minor shrapnel wound; returns to action (awarded Purple Heart) vicinity Castel D'Aiano, Italy
Letter Bob Dole wrote to his relatives, 1943.
04/14/1945	Severely wounded in action, 0900 hours, Hill 913 (Mt. Belvedere, Castel D'Aiano awarded Purple Heart); removed to 170th Field Evacuation Hospital
04/15/1945	Surgery performed by Dr. Lyle A. French at 170th Field Evacuation Hospital
05/00/1945	or early June; Returns to the U.S.; convalesces at Army and Air Force Regional and Convalescent Hospital
05/18/1945	Awarded Bronze Star
Robert J. Dole shown with the 10th Mountatin Division near Po Valley, Italy 1945.
03/03/1946	Promoted to 1st Lieutenant
02/21/1947	Promoted to Captain
06/12/1948	Marries Phyllis E. Holden
07/29/1948	Honorably Discharged at Percy Jones General Hospital, Battle Creek, MI; returned to Russell, KS
09/13/1948	Enrolled at the University of Arizona until May 28, 1949
09/12/1949	Enrolled at Washburn University
Washburn University graduate Bob Dole, 1951..
11/00/1951	Elected to Kansas State Legislature, age 27; defeats Elmo J. Mahoney of Dorrance, KS
Campaign advertisement for Kansas State Representative race, 1951
02/13/1952	Admitted to Kansas bar
06/01/1952	AB, LL.B Washburn University, magna cum laude; Joins Eric Doc Smith in Russell law practice
11/00/1952	Elected Russell County Attorney, 4 terms; John Woelk did not seek re- election in 1952; Dole defeats Dean Ostrum
10/18/1954	Birth of Robin Dole
11/00/1954	Runs unopposed for Russell Co. Attorney
11/00/1956	Defeats Clifford Holland, Jr. for Russell Co. Attorney
11/00/1958	Defeats Robert Earnest for Russell Co. Attorney
11/00/1960	Defeats Keith Sebelius in Republican primary race; Defeats William A. Davis for seat in U.S. House of Representatives; Dole 59%, Davis, 41%;
01/03/1961	Member U.S. House of Representatives, 4 terms until 1968
02/06/1961	Begins service with House Agriculture Committee; serves until Jan. 3, 1969
Robert J. Dole with John F. Kennedy and other dignitaries, 1961.
11/00/1962	Re-elected to House seat; defeats J. Floyd Breeding; Dole 56%, Breeding 44%
11/00/1964	Re-elected to House seat; defeats challenger Bill Bork; Dole 51/%, Bork, 49%
08/31/1965	Begins service with House Government. Operations Committee; replaced Clarence J. Brown
11/20/1965	Delegate/Advisor to the U.S. delegation at the 20th anniversary session of the Food and Agriculture Organization Conference of United Nations, Rome, Italy
11/00/1966	Re-elected to House seat; defeats challenger Berniece Henkel; Dole 69%, Henkel 31%
12/13/1966	Congressional advisor/delegate to India to survey food crisis at request of President Johnson
1967	Travels to Middle East to survey Arab refugee problem
11/00/1968	Elected to the U.S. Senate, age 45; wins seat occupied by Sen. Frank Carlson; in primary defeated GOP contender Gov. William H. Avery; general election defeated William I. Robinson; Dole 60%, Robinson 39%

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Dole siblings, c. 1930.

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