John Sidney McCain III was an American politician and naval officer who represented Arizona in the United States Congress for over 35 years, first as a U.S. representative from 1983 to 1987, then as a
Official portrait, 2009
McCain at the Naval Academy, 1954
Lieutenant McCain (front right) with his squadron and T-2 Buckeye trainer, 1965
Lieutenant Commander McCain being interviewed after his return from Vietnam, April 1973
Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 4, 2008. The Democratic ticket of Illinois junior senator Barack Obama and Delaware senior senator Joe Biden, defeated the Republican
John McCain
…from 1983 to 1987, then as a U.S. senator from 1987 until his death in 2018. A member of the Republican Party, he was the party's nominee in the 2008 presidential election. Born into the prominent McCain family in the Panama Canal Zone, McCain graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1958 and received a commission in the…
John Mc Cain official portrait 2009
George W. Bush, the incumbent president in 2008, whose second term expired at noon on January 20, 2009