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  • A Senator and a Representative from Arizona; born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, ; attended schools in Alexandria, Va.; graduated, United States Naval.
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  • John Sidney McCain III (August 29, – August 25, ) was an American statesman and naval officer who represented the state of Arizona in Congress.

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    John McCain

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    Who Was John McCain?

    The son of a decorated Navy admiral, John McCain enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy and was dispatched to Vietnam, where he was tortured as a prisoner of war between and After his release, McCain served as a Republican congressman and senator from the state of Arizona, earning renown as a "maverick" who challenged party orthodoxy. He launched a bid for the U.S. presidency in and earned the Republican nomination in , before losing to Barack Obama. After winning a sixth Senate term in , McCain made headlines for his opposition to Republican attempts to repeal Obamacare and his battle with brain cancer. A day after deciding to stop treatment for his cancer, McCain died at his home in Sedona on August 25,

    Navy Blood

    John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, , at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone (then a U.S. territory), the second of three children born to naval officer John S. McCain Jr. and his wife, Roberta. Both McCain's father and paternal grandfather, John S. McCain Sr., were four-star admirals, with John Jr. rising to command U.S. naval forces in the Pacific.

    McCain spent his childhood and adolescent years moving between naval bases in America and abroad. He attended Episcopal High School, a pri

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    John McCain

    Member of Congress

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    • Member of 75th Congress, - Arizona(R)

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    John Sidney McCain, III was born in Panama Canal Zone, August 29, He attended school in Alexandria, Va., and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in In he graduated from the National War College, Washington, D.C..

    He was a pilot in the United States Navy from until From to he was a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He received numerous awards, including the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross.

    He was elected as a Republican in to the Ninety-eighth Congress (Arizona), reelected to the Ninety-ninth Congress in and served from January 3, , to January 3, He was elected to the United States Senate in , reelected in , , , and again in for the term ending in He was chair of the Committee on Indian Affairs (One Hundred Fourth Congress; One Hundred Ninth Congress), and on the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (One Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses, One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, June 6, ], One Hundred Eighth Congress). He pursued the Republican presidential nomination for , and ran (unsuccessfully) for President of the United State as the Republican nominee in &#;He passed away&#;August 25

    John McCain

    Official rendering,

    In office
    January 3, &#;– August 25,
    Preceded byBarry Goldwater
    Succeeded byJon Kyl
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byJohn Jacob Rhodes
    Succeeded byJohn Biochemist Rhodes III

    Senatorial positions

    In office
    January 3, &#;– August 25, [a]
    Preceded byCarl Levin
    Succeeded byJim Inhofe
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byBen Nighthorse Campbell
    Succeeded byByron Dorgan
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byDaniel Inouye
    Succeeded byBen Nighthorse Campbell
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byFritz Hollings
    Succeeded byTed Stevens
    In office
    January 20, &#;– June 3,
    Preceded byFritz Hollings
    Succeeded byFritz Hollings
    In office
    January 3, &#;– January 3,
    Preceded byLarry Pressler
    Succeeded byFritz Hollings
    Born

    John Sidney McCain III


    ()August 29,
    Coco Panama Canalise Zone
    DiedAugust 25, () (aged&#;81)
    Cornville, Arizona, U.S.
    Resting placeUnited States Naval Institution Cemetery