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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ArizonaJohn Sidney McCAIN, III
(1936- )
Senate Years of Service:
1987-Party: RepublicanMcCAIN, John Sidney, III,
a Senator and a Representative 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, 2004, and again in 2010 for the term
ending January 3, 2017; 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.
Bibliography
McCain, 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.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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