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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—South CarolinaLindsey O. GRAHAM
(1955- )
Senate Years of Service:
2003-Party: RepublicanGRAHAM, Lindsey O., a
Senator and a Representative from South Carolina; born in Central,
Pickens County, S.C., July 9, 1955; graduated from Daniel High
School, Central, S.C. 1973; B.A., University of South Carolina,
Columbia 1977; J.D., University of South Carolina School of Law
1981; United States Air Force 1982-1988; South Carolina Air
National Guard 1989-1995; United States Air Force Reserves
1995-present; lawyer, private practice; assistant county attorney,
Oconee County, S.C. 1988-1992; city attorney for Central, S.C.
1990-1994; member of the South Carolina state house of
representatives 1992-1994; elected as a Republican to the House of
Representatives for the One Hundred Fourth and to the three
succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1995-January 3, 2003); one of the
managers appointed by the House of Representatives in 1998 to
conduct the impeachment proceedings against President William
Clinton; was not a candidate for reelection in 2002, but was
elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate in 2002; reelected in
2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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