Jack Kemp
![Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his vice presidential nominee, Jack Kemp, during the final evening of the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/37e045f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/586x370+0+0/resize/586x370!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F28%2Fd0%2F48d70c59c10746290a43eb398d2c%2Fla-me-kemp13-dw98qegy.jpg)
Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole and his vice presidential nominee, Jack Kemp, during the final evening of the 1996 Republican National Convention in San Diego. (Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times)
![Visiting alma mater](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/44fb28d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/586x383+0+0/resize/586x383!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa2%2Fd9%2F7a9b1fe5d0f329db839929c44942%2Fla-me-kemp14-dzqt42gy.jpg)
During a 1996 campaign visit to Fairfax High in Los Angeles, Jack Kemp holds a football jersey bearing the number he wore at the school. (John Hayes / Associated Press)
![Tennis](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/66a2c25/2147483647/strip/true/crop/273x425+0+0/resize/273x425!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F90%2F19%2F35089f3d5fb29f5d25b3a0867bc6%2Fla-me-kemp16-dwywzcgy.jpg)
Vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp practices a serve before pairing up for a set of doubles with L.A. Mayor Richard Riordan in 1996. (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)
![Supporting McCain](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/38c0e21/2147483647/strip/true/crop/292x425+0+0/resize/292x425!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fb4%2Fda%2F25f277951e17dab66acad09aa5a8%2Fla-me-kemp19-k9ewt9nc.jpg)
Jack Kemp joins Republican presidential candidate John McCain at a rally in Dayton, Ohio. (Skip Peterson / Associated Press)