John McCain

 John McCain, in full John Sidney McCain III, (born August 29, 1936, in the Panama Canal Zone - died on August 25, 2018, Cornville, Arizona, U.S.), U.S. senator who was the Republican Party's nominee for president in 2008, but was defeated by Barack Obama. McCain was an elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1983-87, prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate in 1987-2018. McCain was a conservative "foot soldier" in the Reagan revolution. However, he fought with his political party on numerous matters. Long a favourite of reporters, who admired what they saw as his directness, he garnered a reputation as a political maverick.McCain had strong Southern roots---his great-great-grandfather, William A. McCain, owned a Mississippi plantation with more than 50 slaves and died fighting for the Confederacy in 1863--but he believed that his heritage lay almost entirely inside the country's military.