Bob Graham

Bob Graham
Official portrait, 2001
United States Senator from Florida
In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Paula Hawkins
Succeeded by	Mel Martínez
Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded by	Richard Shelby
Succeeded by	Pat Roberts
38th Governor of Florida
In office January 2, 1979 – January 3, 1987
Lieutenant	Wayne Mixson
Preceded by	Reubin Askew
Succeeded by	Wayne Mixson
Member of the Florida Senate
In office November 3, 1970 – November 7, 1978
Preceded by	Richard Stone
Succeeded by	John Hill
Constituency	48th district (1970–1972) 33rd district (1972–1978)
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office November 8, 1966 – November 3, 1970
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Sherman S. Winn
Constituency	Dade County Group 16 (1966–1967) 105th district (1967–1970)
Personal details
Born	Daniel Robert Graham (1936-11-09)November 9, 1936 Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.
Died	April 16, 2024(2024-04-16) (aged 87) Gainesville, Florida, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Adele Khoury ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	4, including Gwen
Relatives	Ernest Graham (father) Phil Graham (half-brother) Katharine Graham (sister-in-law)
Education	University of Florida (BA) Harvard University (LLB)
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Daniel Robert Graham (November 9, 1936 – April 16, 2024) was an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 38th governor of Florida from 1979 to 1987 and a United States senator from Florida from 1987 to 2005. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Born in Coral Gables, Florida, Graham won election to the Florida Legislature after graduating from Harvard Law School. After serving in both houses of the Florida Legislature, Graham won the 1978 Florida gubernatorial election, and was reelected in 1982. In the 1986 Senate elections, Graham defeated incumbent Republican Senator Paula Hawkins. He helped found the Democratic Leadership Council and eventually became Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Graham ran for the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination, but dropped out before the first primaries. He declined to seek reelection in 2004 and retired from the Senate.

Graham co-chaired the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling and as a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission and the CIA External Advisory Board. He worked at the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at his undergraduate alma mater, the University of Florida. He also served as Chairman of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD proliferation and terrorism. Through the WMD policy center he advocated for the recommendations in the Commission's report, "World at Risk". In 2011, Graham published his first novel, the thriller The Keys to the Kingdom.^[1] He also wrote four nonfiction books, Workdays: Finding Florida on the Job, Intelligence Matters, World at Risk,^[2] and America: The Owner's Manual, and an illustrated children's book, Rhoda the Alligator.