TIMELINE: Longtime GOP Lawmaker Lindsey Graham's Time in Congress
The former Air Force lawyer shaped GOP foreign policy and judicial fights before his death was preliminarily ruled an aortic dissection, officials said.
- Sen. Lindsey Graham, a prominent Republican from South Carolina, died unexpectedly on July 11 at age 71; the medical examiner preliminarily ruled an aortic dissection as the cause.
- Arriving in Washington as part of a Cold War-era generation, Graham spent over 30 years in Congress, evolving from a bipartisan dealmaker into a loyal supporter of President Donald Trump.
- Graham shaped the conservative judiciary by defending Kavanaugh and supporting Barrett, despite once dismissing Trump as a "race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot" during the 2016 primary.
- President Donald Trump called Graham "one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known," while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was "deeply saddened" by the news.
- Known as a foreign-policy hawk, Graham leaves a legacy as a key Senate advocate for an aggressive American role on the world stage, having famously spent 90 minutes on foreign policy in discussions.
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Lindsey Graham, Republican Party Senator for South Carolina, went from strong critic Donald Trump to one of his most loyal allies
Lindsey Graham influential, unlikely Trump-era GOP leader
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who died unexpectedly on Saturday at age 71, was an unlikely GOP leader in the age of President Donald Trump. Graham could easily have become irrelevant once Trump became the unquestioned head of the Republican Party. The South Carolina senator was a top ally of longtime Sen. John McCain. They and Democrat-turned-independent Sen. Joe Lieberman formed the hawkish “Three Amigos.” McCain and Trump were not close. Neither…
Lindsey Graham, South Carolina senator who rose from small-town roots to GOP power broker, dies at 71
Sen. Lindsey Graham spent more than three decades as a leading Republican voice on defense, Israel and Ukraine before becoming one of Donald Trump's closest Senate allies.
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