Bob Graham
U.S. Congressperson
1936 –
Who is Bob Graham?
Daniel Robert "Bob" Graham is an American politician and author. He was the 38th Governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States Senator from that state from 1987 to 2005.
Graham tried unsuccessfully to run for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, but dropped out of the race on October 6, 2003. He announced his retirement from the Senate on November 3 of that year.
Graham is now concentrating his efforts on the newly established Bob Graham Center for Public Service at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Florida. He served as Chairman of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism. Through the WMD policy center he advocates for the recommendations in the Commission report, World at Risk.
Graham also served as co-chair of the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the CIA External Advisory Board.
In 2011, Graham published his first novel, the thriller The Keys to the Kingdom. Graham has written three non-fiction books. Workdays-Finding Florida on the Job; Intelligence Matters and America: The Owners Manual.
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- Born
- Nov 9, 1936
Coral Gables - Also known as
- Graham, Senator Bob
- Daniel Robert Graham
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Adele Khoury Graham
(1959/02 - )
- Adele Khoury Graham
- Children
- Religion
- United Church of Christ
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School
( - 1962) - Miami High School
(1951 - 1955) - Bachelor of Arts, University of Florida
Political Science
( - 1959)
- Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School
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on July 23, 2013
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