Lindsey Graham
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Lindsey Olin Graham, a born July 9, 1955, is an American politician who is a member of the Republican Party and currently serves as the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, a position he has held since 2003.
Since 2019, he has been Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Senator Graham received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981.
He served with the Judge Advocate General's Corps in the US Air Force from 1982 to 1988, and then as the Air Force's chief prosecutor in West Germany.
Later in his career, his entire service in the Air Force Reserve coincided with his legislative service.
In 2014, he was given a Bronze Star Medal for outstanding service, 26 years after he left the military. Before serving one term in the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1993 to 1995, Graham served as a prosecutor in private practice before serving one term.
His legislative career began in 1998 when he was elected to the first of four terms in the United States House of Representatives, representing South Carolina's 3rd congressional district from 1995 to 2003.
After eight-term Republican incumbent Strom Thurmond declared his resignation, Graham won the U.S. Senate election in South Carolina in 2002.
In 2008, he served for a second term and a third term in 2014. Graham, a former Air Force reserve colonel, is well-known in the Senate for his support for a strong national defense and a zealous foreign policy.
He was also known for his ability to be bipartisan and collaborate with Democrats on topics such as campaign finance reform, a ban on waterboarding, immigration reform, and judicial candidates.
He has criticized the Tea Party movement, calling for a more inclusive Republican Party in the United States between June and December 2015, but he didn't run for first and only presidential candidates between June and December 2015, losing out before the 2016 Republican primaries began.
He was a vocal opponent of fellow Republican Donald Trump's 2016 candidacy and had repeatedly stated that he did not endorse Trump; in particular, he disagreed with Trump's remarks against Graham's close friend, Senator John McCain.
Since March 2017, Graham has changed his position on Trump and has remained a faithful ally of the president, often making public statements in his defense.
His reversal surprised both parties by surprise and drew lots of media attention.
Early life
Lindsey Olin Graham was born in Central, South Carolina, where his parents, Millie (Walters) and Florence James "F.J. Graham, owned the Sanitary Cafe, which was located in a restaurant/bar/pool hall. His family is of Scots-Irish descent. Graham was the first member of his family to attend college after graduating from D. W. Daniel High School and joined the Reserve Officers' Training Corps. He was 21 years old at the time, and his father died of a heart attack aged 69. Graham was able to attend the University of South Carolina in Columbia because his then-13-year-old sister was orphanage, so he could remain near home as his sister's legal guardian. He became a member of the Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity during his studies.
He earned a B.A. degree from the University of South Carolina. In 1977, a psychology degree was obtained at the University of South Carolina School of Law, as well as a juris doctor degree. In 1981, the first commercial theater was located in the United States.
Personal life
Graham has never been married and has no children. Darline Graham Nordone helped with the death of his mother and father, who died within 15 months of each other, leaving the two children homeless when Graham was 19 years old and she was 13. Graham has said that his parents' early deaths made him mature faster, and Nordone, who introduced her brother in the 2016 announcement of his candidacy for president, said she wanted to be with him on the campaign trail often to show voters his softer side. "He's kind of like a brother, a father, and a mother all blended into one," she said. "I've always looked up to Lindsey."
Graham lives in Seneca, South Carolina. He is a member of the Corinth Baptist Church, a Southern Baptist.
Graham was the first fully vaccinated senator to test positive for COVID-19 on August 8, 2021.