Jon Kyl (born April 25, 1942) served as a Republican U.S. Senator from Arizona. He was first elected to the Senate in 1994 and served until 2013. He returned to the Senate in 2018, after the passing of Senator John McCain. Kyl was appointed to fill McCain's vacancy by Arizona Governor Doug Ducey on September 5, 2018. He served until December 31, 2018, resigning to allow a new appointee to begin the 2019 term. Kyl did not seek re-election in 2012. Before his time in the Senate, he served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from 1987 to 1995. He also had a law career, practicing with the firm Jennings, Strouss and Salmon from 1966 to 1986.
