Lindsey Graham

32 years in the U.S. Congress · since 1995

• Senator SC 2003–present
• Representative SC-3 1995–2003

• role United States senator from South Carolina from 2003 until his death in 2026
• role U.S. representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district from 1995 to 2003
• role Chaired the Senate Judiciary Committee from 2019 to 2021 and the Senate Budget Committee from 2025 until his death
• role Served as a House impeachment manager during the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
• background Air Force JAG officer from 1982 to 1989 who later retired as a colonel in 2015 and received the Bronze Star in 2014
• background Born in Central, South Carolina; graduated from the University of South Carolina and its law school

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 94.1%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 17 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

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• 37
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 176 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 1
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 37 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

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• 0
  Committee assignments →

  none on record

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Lindsey Graham. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

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• Economy & TaxesFull support from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Graham most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

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How Graham connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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