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Elizabeth Dole

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Elizabeth Dole
United States Senator
from North Carolina
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009
Preceded byJesse Helms
Succeeded byKay Hagan
20th United States Secretary of Labor
In office
January 25, 1989 – November 23, 1990
PresidentGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byAnn Dore McLaughlin
Succeeded byLynn Morley Martin
8th United States Secretary of Transportation
In office
February 7, 1983 – September 30, 1987
PresidentRonald Reagan
Preceded byDrew Lewis
Succeeded byJames H. Burnley IV acting
Personal details
Born (1936-07-29) July 29, 1936 (age 88)
Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
(m. 1975; died 2021)

Elizabeth Hanford Dole (born July 29, 1936) was a United States Senator.[1] She was the Secretary of Transportation in Ronald Reagan's administration and the US Secretary of Labor for George H.W. Bush. She is the widow of former Senator Bob Dole, who ran for president but did not win.

References

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  1. "AllPolitics - Elizabeth Dole Biography". edition.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-07-19.