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    Nov. 2, 1982: House of Representatives

    Elected as Republican to the House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st District, replacing retiring GOP Rep. John Rhodes.

    Nov. 6, 1984: Re-election

    Re-elected to the House of Representatives.

    April 2, 1987: Keating Five

    McCain meets with federal regulators along with four other senators, on behalf of developer Charles Keating, in attempt to head off investigation into Keating's Lincoln Savings and Loan.

    Aug. 1991: Senate rebuke

    Issued mild rebuke by Senate Ethics Committee for ties to Keating Five scandal.

    June 7, 1997: Senate chairman

    McCain becomes the chairman of the powerful Senate Commerce Committee.

    Sept. 27, 1999: Presidential campaign

    After months of touring New Hampshire and other key primary states aboard the "Straight Talk Express" bus, he formally announces his campaign.

    Feb. 1, 2000: Primary elections

    McCain beats then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush in the New Hampshire primary by nearly 20 points, threatening Bush's expected easy path to the GOP nomination.

    Feb. 28, 2007: Seek 2008 nomination

    In an ad-libbed "pre-announcement", McCain says on CBS' "Late Night with David Letterman" that he will seek the 2008 GOP nomination for president, catching his staff by surprise.

    May 27, 2013: Syria

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    John McCain

    (1936-2018)

    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 1967 and 1973. 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 1999 and earned the Republican nomination in 2008, before losing to Barack Obama. After winning a sixth Senate term in 2016, McCain made headlines for his opposition 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, 2018.

    Navy Blood

    John Sidney McCain III was born on August 29, 1936, 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, Roberta. Both McCain's father and paternal grandfather, John S. McCain Sr., were four-star admirals, with John Jr. rising to command U.S. naval forces in the Pacific.

    McCain spent his childhood and adolescent years moving between naval bases in America and abroad

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    John McCain

    John McCain

    Official portrait, 2009

    In office
    January 3, 1987 – August 25, 2018
    Preceded byBarry Goldwater
    Succeeded byJon Kyl
    In office
    January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987
    Preceded byJohn Biochemist Rhodes
    Succeeded byJohn Jacob Coloniser III

    Senatorial positions

    In office
    January 3, 2015 – August 25, 2018[a]
    Preceded byCarl Levin
    Succeeded byJim Inhofe
    In office
    January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
    Preceded byBen Nighthorse Campbell
    Succeeded byByron Dorgan
    In office
    January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997
    Preceded byDaniel Inouye
    Succeeded byBen Nighthorse Campbell
    In office
    January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
    Preceded byFritz Hollings
    Succeeded byTed Stevens
    In office
    January 20, 2001 – June 3, 2001
    Preceded byFritz Hollings
    Succeeded byFritz Hollings
    In office
    January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
    Preceded byLarry Pressler
    Succeeded byFritz Hollings
    Born

    John Poet McCain III


    (1936-08-29)August 29, 1936
    Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone
    DiedAugust 25, 2018(2018-08-25) (aged 81)
    Cornville, Arizona, U.S.
    Resting placeUnited States