Elizabeth Dole
| Elizabeth Dole | |
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United States Senator from North Carolina |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Jesse Helms |
| Succeeded by | Kay Hagan |
| 20th United States Secretary of Labor | |
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In office January 25, 1989 – November 23, 1990 |
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| President | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Ann McLaughlin Korologos |
| Succeeded by | Lynn Morley Martin |
| 8th United States Secretary of Transportation | |
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In office February 7, 1983 – September 30, 1987 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Andrew L. Lewis Jr. |
| Succeeded by | James H. Burnley IV |
| Director of the Office of Public Liaison | |
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In office January 20, 1981 – February 7, 1983 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Anne Wexler |
| Succeeded by | Faith Whittlesey |
| Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
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In office December 4, 1973 – March 9, 1979 |
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| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Patricia P. Bailey |
| Succeeded by | Mary Gardiner Jones |
| Personal details | |
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Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford July 29, 1936 Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S. |
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Democratic (Before 1975) Republican (1975–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Bob Dole (m. 1975) |
| Children | Robin (stepdaughter) |
| Alma mater |
Duke University Harvard University |
| Religion |
Presbyterianism (Formerly Methodism) |
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Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29, 1936) is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush presidential administrations, as well as in the United States Senate.
A graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School, Dole served as Secretary of Transportation under Ronald Reagan and Secretary of Labor under George H. W. Bush before becoming head of the American Red Cross. She next served as North Carolina's first female U.S. senator (2003–09). She is a member of the Republican Party and former chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. She is married to former U.S. Senate majority leader, 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee and 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole.
Dole was born Mary Elizabeth Alexander Hanford in Salisbury, North Carolina, to Mary Ella (née Cathey; 1901–2004) and John Van Hanford (1893–1978).
Dole first met her future husband, Bob Dole, in the spring of 1972 at a meeting arranged by her boss and mentor, Virginia Knauer. The couple dated, and she became his second wife on December 6, 1975, in the Washington National Cathedral. They have no children, though she is stepmother to Bob's adult daughter Robin from his first marriage of 24 years, which ended in divorce in 1972.
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