Former member of Congress

Lindsey Graham

Sen. for SC, Republican, in the 118th Congress (2023–2024).

No longer in Congress. This page shows their record in the past Congresses on this site, with the seat and party they held then.

Time in office

Every stretch of service in Congress, from the congress-legislators records. Vote counts on this site begin in 2013, so service before then has dates but no scores.

OfficeSeatPartyFromToCongresses
U.S. Senate, South CarolinaSCRepublicanJan. 7, 2003July 11, 2026108th–119th
U.S. House, South CarolinaSC-03RepublicanJan. 4, 1995Jan. 3, 2003104th–107th

Voting record by President

All the votes on this site from their time in office, added up under the President in office on the day of each vote. One President's figures are never combined with another's, and Trump's two terms are separate. A new President can take office partway through a Congress, so these can differ slightly from a Congress's own figures.

PresidentCongressesVotes with the PresidentParty loyaltyMissed votes
Joseph R. Biden Jr. (2021–2025)118th, 117th62% (357 of 575)58% (698 of 1,209)7% (119 of 1,638)
Donald J. Trump (2017–2021)117th, 116th, 115th98% (491 of 502)96% (692 of 721)5% (65 of 1,293)
Barack Obama (2009–2017)115th, 114th, 113th60% (160 of 267)81% (552 of 678)15% (173 of 1,187)

Every Congress

Each row is that Congress alone, and the President score is for the President of that time. Missed votes are left out of both scores.

CongressSeatPartyParty loyaltyVotes with the PresidentMissed votes
118th Congress (2023–2024)Senate SCRepublican61%Biden: 55%5%
117th Congress (2021–2022)Senate SCRepublican55%Trump: –; Biden: 68%9%
116th Congress (2019–2020)Senate SCRepublican96%Trump: 99%4%
115th Congress (2017–2018)Senate SCRepublican96%Obama: –; Trump: 98%6%
114th Congress (2015–2016)Senate SCRepublican80%Obama: 69%25%
113th Congress (2013–2014)Senate SCRepublican81%Obama: 58%7%

Where they broke ranks, 118th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (197), or against the position President Biden took publicly before the vote (119).

Where they broke ranks, 117th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (314), or against the position President Trump / Biden took publicly before the vote (101).

Where they broke ranks, 116th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (16), or against the position President Trump took publicly before the vote (4).

Where they broke ranks, 115th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (13), or against the position President Obama / Trump took publicly before the vote (5).

Where they broke ranks, 114th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (48), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (15).

Where they broke ranks, 113th Congress

Votes where they went against most of their party on a vote that split the parties (78), or against the position President Obama took publicly before the vote (92).