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John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American statesman [2] and naval officer who represented the state of Arizona in Congress for over 35 years, first as a Representative from 1983 to 1987, and then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018.
Following the 2000 presidential election, there was a large amount of lingering bitterness between George W. Bush and McCain and between their respective staffs. [2] [3] [4] McCain was also upset that the Bush administration hired few if any of his aides for White House positions; [5] an unofficial Bush policy blocked McCain staffers from thousands of administration jobs.
McCain was endorsed by Senator John Tower, a friend and mentor from his liaison stint who in turn got McCain the endorsement of former Arizona Governor and Senator Paul Fannin. [1] Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater , the state's most powerful political figure, was officially neutral in the race, [ 13 ] but many of his aides were working for ...
John McCain, who went from Vietnam War hero to become “the Maverick of the Senate,” died Saturday of brain cancer at his home in Phoenix at his home in Arizona. He was 81. He family had ...
PHOENIX (AP) — Sen. John McCain was eulogized Thursday as a "a true American hero" — and a terrible driver with a wicked sense of humor and love of a good fight — as 3,500 mourners crowded ...
President Trump, along with former presidents, are paying tribute to Senator John McCain, who passed away from brain cancer on Saturday.
McCain in 2001. U.S. Senator John McCain, a Republican Party politician from Arizona who was a member of the U.S. Congress from 1983 until his death in office in 2018, a two-time U.S. presidential candidate, and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 U.S. Presidential election, took positions on many political issues through his public comments, his presidential campaign statements ...
McCain's grandfather "Slew" (left) and father "Jack" on board a U.S. Navy ship in Tokyo Bay, c. September 2, 1945. John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, [1] at a United States Navy hospital [2] [3] [4] at Coco Solo Naval Air Station [5] [6] in the Panama Canal Zone, which at that time was considered to be among the unincorporated territories of the United States. [7]