Elizabeth Dole

Elizabeth Hanford Dole (born July 29, 1936) was a United States Senator. 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.

Elizabeth Dole
United States Senator from North Carolina
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2009
Preceded by	Jesse Helms
Succeeded by	Kay Hagan
20th United States Secretary of Labor
In office January 25, 1989 – November 23, 1990
President	George H. W. Bush
Preceded by	Ann Dore McLaughlin
Succeeded by	Lynn Morley Martin
8th United States Secretary of Transportation
In office February 7, 1983 – September 30, 1987
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Drew Lewis
Succeeded by	James H. Burnley IV acting
Personal details
Born	(1936-07-29) July 29, 1936 Salisbury, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Bob Dole (m. 1975; died 2021)

Elizabeth Dole Media

• 

  Elizabeth Dole with friend and mentor Virginia Knauer. Mrs. Knauer ran the White House Office of Consumer Affairs in the Nixon Administration, where Dole served as a deputy assistant to the President.

• 

  The official Department of Labor portrait of Elizabeth Dole

• 

  First Lady Nancy Reagan greets Dole and other Senate wives in the Blue Room. 1988

• 

  Dole's presidential campaign logo

• 

  Dole with Nancy Pelosi and John McCain at a 2014 meeting of the congressional "Hidden Heroes Caucus"