McCain family

During his life, he owned a 2,000-acre (8.1 km2) plantation there known alternately as "Teoc" (the Choctaw name for the creek it was located on) and "Waverly", as well as 52 slaves (some of whose descendants share the surname and call themselves the "black McCains").

[2][3] His older brother, another William Alexander McCain, attended the University of Mississippi before transferring to West Point.

[4] An uncle, Henry Pinckney McCain (1861–1941), also attended West Point and later retired from the Army as a major general.

[3] Another grandson, Joe McCain, attended the US Naval Academy but served in the US Navy as an enlisted man.

Jack McCain IV was awarded his diploma at Annapolis by President Barack Obama, the man who defeated his father in 2008.

USS John S. McCain sponsor's party in July 1952 at Bath, Maine. The ship sponsor , Roberta McCain , is at center, with her husband Captain John S. McCain Jr. behind her in shadow and sons John McCain III on her left and Joe on her right. On her right, wearing a hat and sunglasses, is Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey .