Lindsey Graham

Lindsey Graham: Biography in Details

Who is Lindsey Graham?

Lindsey Graham is an American politician. Lindsey Graham is a member of the Republican Party.

He is serving as the United States Senator from South Carolina since 2003. From 1982 to 1988, he served in the United States Air Force.

From 1993 to 1995, he was in the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Before that, he worked as a lawyer in private practice. From 1993 to 2003, he represented South Carolina’s 3rd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

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Lindsey Graham was born on 9 July 1955, in Central, South Carolina, USA. His birth name is Lindsey Olin Graham.

He is the son of Florence James Graham and Millie Graham. His parents owned a restaurant-bar-pool hall-liquor store known as “Sanitary Cafe”. During his early life, he worked with his parents.

He spent his childhood in happiness until his parents died while he was in college. After that, he raised his sister Darline Graham Nordone on his own. He is an American by nationality and belongs to the English, Scottish, and Welsh ethnicity.

For high school education, he attended D. W. Daniel High School and became the first member of his family to attend college. After that, he enrolled at the University of South Carolina in Columbia. At that time, he became a member of the Pi Kappa Phi social fraternity.

From the University of South Carolina, he graduated with a B.A. in Psychology in 1977. After that, he enrolled at the University Of South Carolina School Of Law. From there, he graduated with a J.D. in 1981.

Lindsey Graham: Career, Salary, Net Worth

Lindsey Graham began his career as an officer and judge advocate in the United States Air Force in 1982. In 1084, he went to Europe as a military prosecutor and defense attorney.

He left active duty in 1989 and entered private practice as a lawyer. After that, he joined the South Carolina Air National Guard in 1989. He left the job in 1995 and then joined the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

Graham began his political career in 1992.  He became the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 2nd district in 1992. He served in the office until 1995. In 1998, he was a member of the Judiciary Committee during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

He ran for the United States Senate election in South Carolina, in 2002 and won. He was again elected in the United States Senate election in South Carolina, in 2008. Since then, he has served as a United States Senator from South Carolina till now.

Lindsey Graham has been popular Senate for his advocacy of a strong national defense. He has supported the military since his early career days. In 2015, he announced that he would run for President of the United States. However, he ended his campaign for the presidency in late 2015.

When it was sure that Donald Trump would become the Republican Presidential candidate, he openly said that he would not vote for Trump. He has an annual salary of $174,000 and a net worth of 5 million dollars as of 2022.

Lindsey Graham: Rumors, Controversy

Rumors are that Graham is gay. Many people say that he is gay because he has not been married until now and no one has ever known about his love affair to date.

In the 2016 Presidential election, Lindsey Graham announced that he would not vote for either Trump or Hillary Clinton. He said, “I think Donald Trump is going to places where very few people have gone and I’m not going with him.”

Graham has been criticized a few times for his offensive speeches. However, many people love him for his works and he has not been in any major controversy yet.

Is Lindsey Graham active on social media?

Lindsey Graham is active on social media sites like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

He has more than 2 million followers on Facebook, he has around 2 million followers on Twitter, and more than 161k followers on Instagram.

How tall is Lindsey Graham?

Lindsey Graham is 5 Feet and 7.25 Inches tall.

His weight and other body measurements are unknown. He has blue eyes and gray hair.

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