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'''Jeremiah Andrew Denton Jr.''' (born July 15, 1924 in [[Mobile, Alabama]], died March 28, 2014 in Virginia Beach, [[Virginia]]) was 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==