LC control no. | no2013126436 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | McSally, Martha, 1966- |
Birth date | 1966-03-22 |
Place of birth | Warwick (R.I.) |
Affiliation | United States. Air Force United States. Congress. House of Representatives United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
Profession or occupation | Legislators |
Found in | McSally, Martha. Women in combat: caption (Colonel Martha McSally, USAF) Wikipedia, Nov. 12, 2013: (Martha E. McSally (born March 22, 1966) is a retired United States Air Force colonel. She was the first American woman to fly in combat since the 1991 lifting of the prohibition of women in combat, flying the A-10 over Iraq and Kuwait in support of Operation Southern Watch.) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed June 18, 2019: (McSally, Martha, a Senator and a Representative from Arizona; born in Warwick, Kent County, R.I., March 22, 1966; B.S., United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., 1988; M.P.P., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990; United States Air Force, 1988-2010; fighter pilot; professor; unsuccessful candidate for nomination for special election to the One Hundred Twelfth Congress in 2012; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress in 2012; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fourteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2015-January 3, 2019); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress in 2018, but was an unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate; appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate on January 3, 2019, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of John Sidney McCain, III; a seat previously held by appointed senator Jon Kyl, to serve until a special election is held on November 3, 2020, for the remainder of the term ending January 3, 2023) |
Associated language | eng |