Editing Bob Dole (section)

== Early political career ==
[[File:Congressman Bob Dole.png|left|thumb|Official portrait, 1961]]
Dole ran for office for the first time in 1950 and was elected to the [[Kansas House of Representatives]], serving a two-year term.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dillard to Dyck, Kansas Legislators Past and Present, State Library of Kansas|url=http://www.kslib.info/government-information/legislative-information/kansas-legislators-past-and-present/dillard-to-dyck.html|access-date=March 2, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113211645/http://www.kslib.info/government-information/legislative-information/kansas-legislators-past-and-present/dillard-to-dyck.html|archive-date=November 13, 2013}}</ref> During his term he served on the following committees: Assessment and Taxation, Gas and Oil, and Military Affairs and Soldiers Compensation.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2945490&view=1up&seq=385 |title=1951 Kansas House Journal |journal=House Journal |publisher=State of Kansas |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> He became the County Attorney of Russell County in 1953. Dole was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]] from [[Kansas's 6th congressional district]] in 1960.<ref name=pollife>{{Cite news|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/politics/dole-kansas.html|title=A Political Life: Dole's Kansas Years|last=Kolbert|first=Elizabeth|date=May 19, 1996|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> After his first term, Kansas lost a congressional district, and most of Dole's district was merged with the neighboring 2nd district to form a new [[Kansas's 1st congressional district|1st district]], encompassing much of central and western Kansas. Dole was elected from this merged district in 1962 and was re-elected two more times.<ref name="KHS2021">{{cite web |title=Bob Dole – Kansapedia – Kansas Historical Society |url=https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bob-dole/16876 |website=kshs.org |publisher=The Kansas Historical Society |access-date=December 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019043305/http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bob-dole/16876 |archive-date=October 19, 2011}}</ref>

During his tenure in the House, Dole voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Acts of 1964]] and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – February 10, 1964|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=110|issue=2|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=2804–2805|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt2/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt2-10-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – July 2, 1964|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=110|issue=12|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=15897|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1964-pt12-4-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 16, 1967|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=113|issue=17|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=22778|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt17/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1967-pt17-5-1.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – April 10, 1968|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=114|issue=8|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=9621|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt8/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1968-pt8-1-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]] and the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 27, 1962|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=108|issue=13|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=17670|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1962-pt13/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1962-pt13-7-1.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – July 9, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=12|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|pages=16285–16286|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt12/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt12-3-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=House – August 3, 1965|journal=[[Congressional Record]]|volume=111|issue=14|publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|U.S. Government Printing Office]]|page=19201|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14/pdf/GPO-CRECB-1965-pt14-5-2.pdf|access-date=February 27, 2022}}</ref>