Lindsey Olin Graham is an American politician serving as a Republican, and also the senior United States Senator from South Carolina, a seat he has held since 2003.
A native of Central, South Carolina, Graham received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1981. Most of his active duty within his span of military service happened from 1982 to 1988 when he served with the Judge Advocate General’s Corps in the United States Air Force, as a defense attorney and then with the Air Force’s chief prosecutor in Europe based in West Germany.
His congressional career began when he was elected to the first of four terms to the United States House of Representatives, representing South Carolina’s 3rd congressional district from 1995 to 2003.
