John S. McCain III

Barack ObamaWhite House

PORTRAITS:

U.S. Senate Photo
U.S. Senate Photo

OVERVIEW:

BORN:
August 29, 1936 (Panama Canal Zone)

EDUCATION:
U.S. Naval Academy (1958)
National War College (1973)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1958-1981:
U.S. Navy
1967-1973:
Prisoner of War in Vietnam
1983-1987:
U.S. House of Representatives
1987-2018
U.S. Senate
Chair, Committee on Indian Affairs
Chair, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Chair, Committee on Armed Services
2000:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Republican Presidential Nomination
2008:
Republican Nominee for U.S. President

DIED:
August 25, 2018 (81); Cornville, Arizona

OBITUARIES:
Washington Post (Obituary, Analysis, AnalysisTributes)
New York Times (Obituary, Analysis, Editorial)
Wall Street Journal (Obituary)
Politico (Obituary)
Arizona Republic (ObituaryCoverage)
Rolling Stone
The Economist
The Guardian
National Public Radio

President Richard Nixon Greets Former Vietnam Prisoner of War John McCain III at a Pre-POW Dinner Reception, May 24, 1973 (Nixon Library)

RESOURCES:

Senator John McCain with President George W. Bush (White House Photo by Paul Morse, Courtesy George W. Bush Presidential Library & Museum)

Official Biography
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia
Senate Web Site
Memorial Web Site

MEDIA COVERAGE:

President Barack Obama and Cecilia Mu–oz, Director of the Domestic Policy Council, talk with Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., in the Outer Oval Office, July 11, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

McCain’s Party (New Yorker, 5/30/2005)
One of Us (Esquire, 8/2006)
On the Bus (New Yorker, 2/25/2008
The War of John McCain (The Atlantic, 10/2008)
The Fall (New Yorker, 11/17/2008)
The Man Who Never Was (Vanity Fair, 10/31/2010)
How John McCain Turned His Clichés Into Meaning (NYT, 12/18/2013)
Cancer Diagnosis, 7/20/2017 (NYT, WP, WSJ)
Health Care Vote, 7/28/2017 (NYT, WP,  Politico)

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