John McCain

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2008 United States presidential candidate American politician United States senator Vietnam War veteran human military officer

John McCain was a long-serving Republican U.S. senator from Arizona and Vietnam War veteran who became his party’s nominee for president in 2008.

Aliases (3)

McCain ×3
John Sidney McCain III ×2
John McCain 2008 presidential campaign ×1

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	2008 United States presidential candidate → American politician → United States senator → Vietnam War veteran → human → military officer →
awarded	Bronze Star Medal → Distinguished Flying Cross → Legion of Merit → Purple Heart → Silver Star →
candidateIn	2008 United States presidential election →
causeOfDeath	glioblastoma →
child	Bridget McCain → James McCain NERFINISHED → John Sidney McCain IV NERFINISHED → Meghan McCain →
citizenship	United States of America →
conflict	Vietnam War →
countryOfBirth	Panama →
dateOfBirth	1936-08-29 →
dateOfDeath	2018-08-25 →
educatedAt	United States Naval Academy NERFINISHED →
familyName	McCain →
fullName	John Sidney McCain III →
givenName	John →
graduationYear	1958 →
ideology	conservatism →
memberOf	Republican Party → United States House of Representatives → United States Senate →
militaryBranch	United States Navy →
militaryRank	captain →
nickname	Maverick →
nominatedBy	Republican Party →
notableWork	Faith of My Fathers →
occupation	author → naval officer → politician →
officeEndTime	2018-08-25 →
officeStartTime	1987-01-03 →
parent	John S. McCain Jr. → Roberta McCain →
placeOfBirth	Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone →
placeOfDeath	Cornville, Arizona, United States →
politicalParty	Republican Party →
positionHeld	United States representative → United States senator → chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee →
POWDuration	1967-1973 →
POWStatus	prisoner of war in North Vietnam →
ranForOffice	President of the United States →
religion	Episcopalian →
represented	Arizona →
residence	Phoenix, Arizona, United States NERFINISHED →
runningMate	Sarah Palin →
spouse	Carol Shepp McCain → Cindy McCain →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Franklin McCain ("McCain") → John McCain ("McCain") → John McCain III ("McCain") →	familyName
John McCain ("John Sidney McCain III") → John McCain III ("John Sidney McCain III") →	fullName
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 →	candidate
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 →	eventualFrontRunner
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 →	honors
2008 United States presidential election →	losingCandidate
John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 →	namedAfter
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 →	nominee
Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service →	notableRecipient
Barack Obama 2008 presidential campaign →	opponent
2008 United States presidential election →	popularVoteRunnerUp
2008 United States presidential election →	RepublicanNominee
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 ("John McCain 2008 presidential campaign") →	resultedIn
Sarah Palin →	runningMateOf
Republican Party presidential primaries, 2008 →	winner