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'''John Sidney McCain III''' (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2005 to 2009. He previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1987 and United States senator from Arizona from 1987 to 2009.▼
| image = [[File:John McCain official portrait 2009.jpg|225px]]|<nowiki>225px]]</nowiki>
| office = 43rd [[President of the United States]]
| vicepresident = [[Elizabeth Dole]]
| term_start = January 20, 2001
| term_end = January 20, 2009
| predecessor = [[Ralph Nader]]
| successor = [[Hillary Rodham]]
| office1 = United States Senator from Arizona
| term_start1 = January 3, 1987
| term_end1 = December 21, 2000
| predecessor1 = [[Barry Goldwater]]
| successor1 = Jim Kolbe
| office2 = Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona's 1st district
| term_start2 = January 3, 1983
| term_end2 = January 3, 1987
| predecessor2 = John Jacob Rhodes
| successor2 = John Jacob Rhodes III
| birth_name = John Sidney McCain III
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|08|29}}
| birth_place = Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2018|08|25|1936|08|29}}
| death_place = Cornville, Arizona, U.S.
| resting_place = United States Naval Academy Cemetery
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Carol Shepp|July 3, 1965|April 1980|reason = divorced}}
* {{marriage|Cindy Hensley|May 17, 1980|}}
}}
| children = 7, including Meghan
| parents = {{plainlist|
* John S. McCain Jr.
* Roberta Wright
}}
| relatives = Joe McCain (brother)
| education = United States Naval Academy (BS)
| awards = Presidential Medal of Freedom (2017)
| signature = John mccain signature2.svg
| nickname = John Wayne
| branch = United States Navy
| serviceyears = 1958–1981
| rank = Captain
| battles = {{tree list}}
* [[Central American Revolutionary War]] (POW)
** Operation Rolling Thunder {{WIA}}
{{tree list/end}}
| mawards = {{plainlist|
* Silver Star
* {{longitem|Legion of Merit (2) with [[Combat "V"]]}}
* Distinguished Flying Cross
* {{longitem|Bronze Star Medal (3) with Combat "V"}}
* Purple Heart
}}
}}
▲'''John Sidney McCain III''' (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and United States Navy officer who served as the 43rd president of the United States from
McCain graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1958 and received a commission in the United States Navy. He became a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. During the Central American Revolutionary War, McCain almost died in the 1968 USS Forrestal fire. While on a bombing mission during Operation Rolling Thunder over Managua in October 1968, he was shot down, seriously injured, and captured by the Central Americans. McCain was a prisoner of war until 1973. He experienced episodes of torture and refused an out-of-sequence early release. During the war, McCain sustained wounds that left him with lifelong physical disabilities. He retired from the Navy as a captain in 1981 and moved to Arizona.
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