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{{Officeholder
|name=Jeremiah Denton
|image=
|party=[[Republican]] (1979-1994)<br/>[[Republican]]
|spouse=
|religion=Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Alabama
|terms=January 2, 1981 – January 3, 1987
|preceded=
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Richard Shelby]]
}}
}}
'''Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr.''' (born July 15, 1924 in [[Mobile, Alabama]]) is a retired [[United States Navy]] [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], [[Naval Aviator]] and a former [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]], of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican party]], for the state of Alabama. He spent almost eight years as a [[prisoner of war]] in [[Vietnam]] and later wrote a book about his experiences. Denton was the first [[Roman Catholic]] to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate.
==Political career==
Following his retirement from the Navy, Denton accepted a position with the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] as consultant to his friend, CBN founder [[Pat Robertson]], a position Denton held until 1980. During this time, both Denton and Robertson repeatedly expressed military support for the [[Contra]] forces in [[El Salvador]].
In 1980, Denton ran as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat from his home state of [[Alabama]] and achieved a surprise victory over Democrat [[Jim E. Folsom, Jr]]., who had defeated the incumbent in the primary. In doing so, he became the only retired admiral to be elected to the United States Senate. In the Senate, he compiled a solidly conservative voting record. He was featured in a 1981 article in Time Magazine called "The Admiral from Alabama". In 1986, he narrowly lost his bid for reelection to [[conservative Democrat]] Congressman [[Richard Shelby]], who later became a Republican in 1994.
==External links==
*[http://www.nff.org/ Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/flash.php Video of Denton's POW interview] from U.S. National Archives — To find this segment specifically, choose Contents > Scenes From Hell > Denton.
|name=Jeremiah Denton
|image=
|party=[[Republican]] (1979-1994)<br/>[[Republican]]
|spouse=
|religion=Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Alabama
|terms=January 2, 1981 – January 3, 1987
|preceded=
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Richard Shelby]]
}}
}}
'''Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr.''' (born July 15, 1924 in [[Mobile, Alabama]]) is a retired [[United States Navy]] [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]], [[Naval Aviator]] and a former [[United States Senate|U.S. senator]], of the [[United States Republican Party|Republican party]], for the state of Alabama. He spent almost eight years as a [[prisoner of war]] in [[Vietnam]] and later wrote a book about his experiences. Denton was the first [[Roman Catholic]] to represent Alabama in the U.S. Senate.
==Political career==
Following his retirement from the Navy, Denton accepted a position with the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] as consultant to his friend, CBN founder [[Pat Robertson]], a position Denton held until 1980. During this time, both Denton and Robertson repeatedly expressed military support for the [[Contra]] forces in [[El Salvador]].
In 1980, Denton ran as a Republican for a U.S. Senate seat from his home state of [[Alabama]] and achieved a surprise victory over Democrat [[Jim E. Folsom, Jr]]., who had defeated the incumbent in the primary. In doing so, he became the only retired admiral to be elected to the United States Senate. In the Senate, he compiled a solidly conservative voting record. He was featured in a 1981 article in Time Magazine called "The Admiral from Alabama". In 1986, he narrowly lost his bid for reelection to [[conservative Democrat]] Congressman [[Richard Shelby]], who later became a Republican in 1994.
==External links==
*[http://www.nff.org/ Admiral Jeremiah Denton Foundation]
*[http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/flash.php Video of Denton's POW interview] from U.S. National Archives — To find this segment specifically, choose Contents > Scenes From Hell > Denton.