John McCain

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 as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1986. Reelected in 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016, and served from January 3, 1987, until his death. Chair, Committee on Indian Affairs (One Hundred Fourth Congress. One Hundred Ninth Congress), Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (One Hundred Fifth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses, One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on Armed Services (One Hundred Fourteenth and One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses). Was an unsuccessful candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. Was an unsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 2008. Died in Cornville, Ariz. , on August 25, 2018. Lay in state in the Rotunda of the U. S. Capitol, August 31, 2018. Interment in the United States Naval Academy Cemetery, Annapolis, Md. Posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022.