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Senate Years of Service: 1987- Party: Republican
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McCAIN, John Sidney, III, a Representative and a Senator from Arizona; born in Panama Canal
Zone, August 29, 1936; attended schools in Alexandria, Va.; graduated, United
States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1958, and the National War College,
Washington, D.C. 1973; pilot, United States Navy 1958-1981, prisoner of war in
Vietnam 1967-1973; received numerous awards, including the Silver Star, Legion
of Merit, Purple Heart, and Distinguished Flying Cross; elected as a Republican
in 1982 to the Ninety-eighth Congress; reelected to the Ninety-ninth Congress
in 1984 and served from January 3, 1983, to January 3, 1987; elected to the
United States Senate in 1986; reelected in 1992, 1998 and in 2004 for the term
ending January 3, 2011; chair, Committee on Indian Affairs (One Hundred Fourth
Congress; One Hundred Ninth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation (One Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses, One
Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth
Congress); was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential
nomination in 2000; was an unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the
United States in 2008.
BibliographyMcCain, John, with Mark Salter.
Faith of My Fathers. New York: Random House, 1999; McCain,
John, with Mark Salter.
Worth the Fighting For: A Memoir. New York: Random House,
2002; McCain, John, with Mark Salter.
Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life. New York:
Random House, 2004.
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