“Now, we begin the most important part of our campaign: to make a respectful, determined and convincing case to the American people that our campaign and my election as president, given the alternatives presented by our friends in the other party, are in the best interests of the country we love,” McCain said during a victory speech.
Did you know? If he had won the presidential race, John McCain would have become the oldest U.S. president in history at the age of
John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, , at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone, the second of three children born to naval officer John S. McCain Jr. and his wife, Roberta. At the time of his birth, the McCain family was stationed in the Panama Canal Zone, under American control.
Both McCain’s father and paternal grandfather, John Sidney McCain, Sr., were four-star admirals and his father rose to command all the U.S. naval forces in the Pacific.
McCain spent his childhood and a
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For other uses, see John McCain (disambiguation).
John McCain
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In office January 3, &#;– August 25,
Preceded by
Barry Goldwater
Succeeded by
Jon Kyl
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by
John Jacob Rhodes
Succeeded by
John Jacob Rhodes III
Senatorial positions
In office January 3, &#;– August 25, [a]
Preceded by
Carl Levin
Succeeded by
Jim Inhofe
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Succeeded by
Byron Dorgan
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by
Daniel Inouye
Succeeded by
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
In office January 3, &#;– January 3,
Preceded by
Fritz Hollings
Succeeded by
Ted Stevens
In office January 20, &#;– June 3,
Preceded by
Fritz Hollings
Succeeded by
Fritz Hollings
In office Jan
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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 begrepp in , McCain made headlines for his motstånd 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, Robert