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)