
Born: 1921 AD
Currently alive, at 97 years of age.
Currently alive, at 97 years of age.
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US astronaut and Democratic politician
piloted F8U-1 Crusader from Los Angeles to New York 1957 (1st transcontinental supersonic flight), in 3 hours 23 minutes
chosen 1959 as member of original Mercury 7
1st American to orbit Earth 1962, aboard Friendship 7
Senator from Ohio 1974-1999
candidate for Democratic presidential nomination 1984
chairman of Senate Governmental Affairs Committee 1987-1995
member of Keating Five
returned to space aboard shuttle Discovery 1998 (oldest human in space
3rd incumbent member of Congress in space)