Career
Born in Shelburne, Massachusetts, he moved to Arlington, Wisconsin in 1856 and then to Poynette, Wisconsin in 1866. He owned a mill. Dole served as justice of the peace, town clerk, and on the school board. In 1876, Dole served in the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican.
He died in Poynette, Wisconsin and was still in office at the time of his death.