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Lindsey Olin Graham ( / ɡræm /; born July 9, 1955) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Graham chaired the Senate Committee on the Judiciary from 2019 to 2021.
Aug 14, 2021 · Senator Lindsey Graham at a campaign rally last year with President Donald J. Trump. Doug Mills/The New York Times. He alone can fix the former president, he believes, and make him a unifying...
Graham was born in Central, South Carolina, where his parents, Millie and Florence James "F.J." Graham, ran a restaurant-bar-pool hall-liquor store, the "Sanitary Cafe". After graduating from D. W. Daniel High School, Graham became the first member of his family to attend college, and joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps.
Lindsey Olin Graham is a seasoned American lawyer and politician presently holding office as Senior United States Senator from South Carolina.
Jun 23, 2015 · What he does now: Graham, 59, is the senior senator from South Carolina, serving since 2003. He succeeded Sen. Strom Thurmond, the longest-serving senator in U.S. history. Graham serves on the Senate Appropriations, Armed Services, Budget and Judiciary Committees.
Graham -- whose middle-aged spread and laid-back manner cushion knifelike intelligence and a sizzling ambition -- has been something of a firebrand during his career on Capitol Hill.
Father of Senator Lindsey Graham. Florence James "F.J." Graham was married to Millie Waters. She died in 1977 of Hodgkin's lymphoma, aged 52, and he died 15 months later of a heart attack, aged 69. Leaving Lindsey then 21 and his younger sister Darline, 13 at the time orphaned.
