Senator Graham's New Regional Office

The Reverend Curtis Hill of New Holy Light Baptist Church gave the Invocation. This was followed by an official Pendleton Welcome by the Mayor Carol Burdette.

The Honorable Lindsey O. Graham, United States Senator, gave his remarks in which he said "As a United States Senator, my first job is to serve the people of South Carolina.
The Pendleton office offers me and my staff a tremendous opportunity to expand our services and increase our accessibility. We want to be there to help South Carolinians when they are confronted with problems involving the federal government. The Pendleton office is an important piece in our work."

Richard and Shelby Quattlebaum cut the ribbon in the official ceremony. They own the building and had spent countless hours getting it just right for the Senator's arrival.

Refreshments and office tours were enjoyed following the ceremony.

Photos: Courtesy of Shelby Quattlebaum and the Office of US Senator Lindsey Graham

Lindsey O. Graham was elected to serve as United States Senator on November 5, 2002.

A native South Carolinian, Graham grew up in Central, graduated from D.W. Daniel High School, and earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of South Carolina in Columbia. Graham logged six-and-a-half years of service on active duty as an Air Force lawyer.

From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein Mein Air Force Base in Germany. Upon leaving the active duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.

Since 1995, Graham has continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He is a colonel and is assigned as a Senior Instructor at the Air Force JAG School.

In 1988, Graham went into private law practice and in 1992 was elected to the South Carolina House of Representatives.

In 1994, he became the first Republican to represent South Carolina's Third Congressional District in Washington since 1877.

Graham is known as a leader who never abandons his independence or strays from the conservative reform agenda. He has fought to balance the federal budget, provide tax relief to all taxpayers, keep our military adequately funded and prepared, return control of education back to parents and teachers, and ensure the government keeps its promises to America's greatest generation.

Graham lives in Seneca and is a member of Corinth Baptist Church.

He serves on six committees in the U.S. Senate: Aging, Armed Services, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Judiciary, Budget, and Veterans Affairs.

Thank you Senator, Denise, Jennifer and Kevin. I sure appreciate your help with this article about Senator Graham's office in Pendleton SC.

Recently we visited Washington DC and before we went we scheduled a tour of the Capitol through Senator Graham's office and were so glad that we did. It was amazing as we rode the trolley underground from the Russell Senate Building to the Capitol. The new visitor's center is huge and has the biggest screen that I have ever seen to show an amazing 13 minute movie. When the movie was over, everyone just sat there. It made you so proud to be an American.

I highly recommend that anyone going to Washington DC to schedule a tour of the Capitol through your local Congressman.