American lawyer and politician John Warner served as the US Secretary of the Navy, from 1972 to 1974, and was a 5-time Republican US Senator from Virginia, from 1979 to 2009. Warner also chaired the Senate Armed Services Committee from 1999 to 2001 and from 2003 to 2007. He also served as the Chair of the Senate Rules Committee from 1995 to 1999. A military veteran who had served in World War II and the Korean War, he was respected for his expertise in military and national security issues. After quitting the Senate and politics, Warner worked as a lawyer for Hogan Lovells. He was married thrice. While his marriage to his first wife, banking heiress Catherine Conover Mellon, helped him gain initial political mileage, his second wife, iconic Hollywood star Elizabeth Taylor, accompanied him on his first Senate campaign and ensured he soared to fame before his Senate win in 1978.
