Roberta Wright McCain was an American socialite and oil heiress. She was the wife of U.S. Naval Admiral John S. McCain Jr. McCain was active in the Navy Wives Clubs and her Capitol Hill home was a popular salon for lawmakers and politicians. She died on August 25, 2008.
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Roberta Wright McCain was an American socialite and oil heiress. She was the wife of U.S. Naval Admiral John S. McCain Jr. McCain was active in the Navy Wives Clubs and her Capitol Hill home was a popular salon for lawmakers and politicians. She actively campaigned in support of her son John during his presidential bid. McCain gave birth to three children, one daughter and two sons: Jean Alexandra, Sandy and John Sidney McCain III. She also had 12 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grand grandchildren. She died on August 25, 2008. She is survived by her husband, John McCain Jr., her daughter, Jean Alexandra McCain Morgan, and son-in-law, Joseph Pinckney McCain II. Her funeral was held on August 26, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
Her son John McCain III was elected to the United States Senate in 2008. He is currently serving as the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. He was the son of John McCain, a U. S. naval ensign who would later become a four-star Admiral. His father, Archibald Grahee Wright, was a Los Angeles oil wildcatter, and Myrtle Mae Wright . Their father became a stay-at-home dad after gaining wealth from the oil industry and the family traveled constantly, with trips every summer during August. They settled in Los Angeles and she was primarily raised there. On January 21, 1933, Wright eloped in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, with John S McCain Jr. and Roberta McCain.
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