| John McCain | |
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| United States Senator from Arizona | |
| In office January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Barry Goldwater |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2015 – August 25, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Carl Levin |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Byron Dorgan |
| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Inouye |
| Succeeded by | Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
| Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee | |
| In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Fritz Hollings |
| Succeeded by | Ted Stevens |
| In office January 20, 2001 – June 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Fritz Hollings |
| Succeeded by | Fritz Hollings |
| In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | |
| Preceded by | Larry Pressler |
| Succeeded by | Fritz Hollings |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district | |
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | John Jacob Rhodes |
| Succeeded by | John Jacob Rhodes III |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Sidney McCain III August 29, 1936 Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, U.S. |
| Died | August 25, 2018 (aged 81) Cornville, Arizona, U.S. |
| Resting place | United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Maryland (planned burial site) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 7, including Meghan |
| Mother | Roberta Wright |
| Father | John S. McCain Jr. |
| Relatives | Joe McCain (brother) |
| Education | United States Naval Academy(BS) |
| Website | Senate website |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Service/branch |  United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1958–1981 |
| Rank |  Captain |
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"Senator John Sidney McCain III created a lifetime of memories that can be respected and questioned - which meant he was in the 'thick of controversy' and challenged thinking. I write about him because he became measured and wiser with his seasoned thinking especially when he corrected a senior Caucasian during his campaign against President Barack Hussein Obama (then Candidate Obama). She called him 'Arab' AND his 'thumb-down' NO vote against the Republican Repeal of Affordable Health Care - Obama Care. For those two steps alone, he won my appreciation of and to review his vast 81-year history per
Wikipedia". Mary Glass
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John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from 1987 until his death.
He was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election, which he lost to Barack Obama.
Senator John McCain entered the Naval Academy in June of 1954. He served in the United States Navy until 1981.
While McCain was on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder over Hanoi in October 1967, he was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the North Vietnamese.
The wounds that he sustained during the war left him with lifelong physical disabilities.
He was elected to the US House of Representatives from Arizona in 1982 and to the Senate in 1986.
While generally adhering to conservative principles, McCain also had a media reputation as a "maverick" for his willingness to disagree with his party on certain issues.
After being investigated and largely exonerated in a political influence scandal of the 1980s as a member of the Keating Five, he made campaign finance reform one of his signature concerns, which eventually resulted in passage of the McCain–Feingold Act in 2002. He was also known for his work in the 1990s to restore diplomatic relations with Vietnam, and for his belief that the Iraq War should have been fought to a successful conclusion. McCain chaired the Senate Commerce Committee and opposed pork-barrel spending.
He belonged to the bipartisan "Gang of 14" which played a key role in alleviating a crisis over judicial nominations.
In 1982, McCain was elected to the United States House of Representatives, where he served two terms. He entered the U.S. Senate in 1987 and easily won reelection five times, the last time in 2016.
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The "Three Amigos" walking in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan in July 2011: McCain (second from left), Lindsey Graham (second from right in front), Joe Lieberman (right in front)[300]
McCain continued to be one of the most frequently appearing guests on the Sunday morning news talk shows.[299]
He became one of the most vocal critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, saying it was a "debacle" that featured either "a massive cover-up or incompetence that is not acceptable" and that it was worse than the Watergate scandal.[301]
As part of this, he and a few other senators were successful in blocking the planned nomination of Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice to succeed Hillary Rodham Clinton as U.S. Secretary of State; McCain's friend and colleague John Kerry was nominated instead.[302]
McCain emerged as a leader of the Republican opposition to the Obama economic stimulus package of 2009, saying it had too much spending for too little stimulative effect.[272]
McCain also voted against Obama's Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor—saying that while undeniably qualified, "I do not believe that she shares my belief in judicial restraint"[273]—and by August 2009 was siding more often with his Republican Party on closely divided votes than ever before in his senatorial career.[274] McCain reasserted that the War in Afghanistan was winnable[275] and criticized Obama for a slow process in deciding whether to send additional U.S. troops there.[276]
Born: August 29, 1936, Coco Solo, Panama
Died: August 25, 2018, Cornville, AZ
Spouse: Cindy McCain (m. 1980–2018), Carol McCain(m. 1965–1980)
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