John McCain
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John McCain was born in 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone to naval officer John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (b. 1912). At that time, the Panama Canal was under American control. | John McCain was born in 1936 at Coco Solo Naval Air Station in the Panama Canal Zone to naval officer John S. McCain, Jr. (1911–1981) and Roberta (Wright) McCain (b. 1912). At that time, the Panama Canal was under American control. | ||
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McCain then married Cindy Lou Hensley, a teacher from Phoenix, Arizona, whose father had founded a large beer distributorship. McCain and Hensley were married on 17 May 1980. He retired from the Navy on 1 Apr 1981, and then moved to Arizona. He was first elected to the House of Representatives, and then to the Senate, serving from 1987. | McCain then married Cindy Lou Hensley, a teacher from Phoenix, Arizona, whose father had founded a large beer distributorship. McCain and Hensley were married on 17 May 1980. He retired from the Navy on 1 Apr 1981, and then moved to Arizona. He was first elected to the House of Representatives, and then to the Senate, serving from 1987. | ||
− | In 1999 he published a | + | In 1999 he published a "family memoir", with writer Bill Salter, which was later made into a movie. |
John McCain ran for U.S. President in 2000. Under fierce negative campaigning by both McCain and [[George W Bush]], McCain lost South Carolina to Bush. A string of loses, with a few wins, meant McCain dropped from the race and Bush became the next President. | John McCain ran for U.S. President in 2000. Under fierce negative campaigning by both McCain and [[George W Bush]], McCain lost South Carolina to Bush. A string of loses, with a few wins, meant McCain dropped from the race and Bush became the next President. | ||
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===See Also=== | ===See Also=== | ||
− | John McCain had an uncle | + | John McCain had an uncle "Wild Bill" McCain who married [[Mary Louise Earle]]. |
===Secondary sources=== | ===Secondary sources=== | ||
− | *[http://www.wargs.com/political/mccain.html | + | *[http://www.wargs.com/political/mccain.html "John McCain"], ancestry research by William Addams Reitwiesner |
− | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain | + | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain "John McCain"], Wikipedia |
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==John Sidney McCain Jr== | ==John Sidney McCain Jr== |