Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has died after a "brief and sudden illness" at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C. He reportedly had chest pains and had gone into cardiac arrest at his home in the Capital Hill section of the city.
Lindsey Olin Graham was born in Central, South Carolina to Florence James Graham (who was known by his initials "F.J.") and the former Millie Walters. After graduating high school, he attended the University of South Carolina, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts while participating in ROTC, and later getting a law degree. He entered the Air Force and was commissioned as a member of its Judge Advocate General's Corps, serving on active duty from 1982 to 1989. He was later in the Air National Guard from 1989 to 1995 and in the Air Force Reserve from 1995 to 2015.
Graham was elected to the South Carolina state House of Representative in November 1992, serving from later that month until November 1994. He was in the U.S. House from January 1995 to January 2003. He was elected Senator in November of 2002 and took office in January 2003, succeeding Strom Thurmond. He as reelected in 2008, 2014 and 2020, and won the Republican nomination for 2026.
Graham never married or had children.
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