Daniel Robert Graham, who by no means used his given title, was born in Coral Gables, Fla., on Nov. 9, 1936, to Ernest R. “Cap” and Hilda (Simmons) Graham. By a earlier marriage, to Florence Morris, Ernest Graham had three youngsters, Mary, Philip and Invoice Graham, half-siblings of Robert. Phil Graham and his spouse, Katharine (Meyer) Graham, whose household owned The Washington Submit, have been co-owners of the newspaper, and he additionally grew to become writer.
Ernest Graham, a dairy farmer, mining engineer, actual property developer and Democratic politician, was a Florida senator from 1937 to 1944. His second spouse was a trainer. Some genealogical research recommend that the Graham household shared widespread distant ancestors with Presidents Jimmy Carter, Richard M. Nixon and Warren G. Harding.
At Miami Senior Excessive Faculty, Robert Graham obtained the Sigma Chi Award, the varsity’s highest honor for character, management, scholarship and repair; was elected president of the scholar physique in his senior yr and graduated in 1955. On the College of Florida, he was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society and obtained a bachelor’s diploma in political science in 1959. He earned a level from Harvard Regulation Faculty in 1962.
In 1959, Mr. Graham married Adele Khoury. They’d 4 daughters: Gwen, Cissy, Suzanne and Kendall. Gwen Graham was a United States consultant from Florida from 2015 to 2017, ran unsuccessfully for governor of Florida in 2017 and have become an assistant secretary of schooling within the Biden administration.
Mr. Graham lived in Miami Lakes, a city based by his household. He started his political profession in 1966 with election to the Florida Home of Representatives from Dade County. In 1970 he received a seat within the Florida Senate, additionally from Dade, and was re-elected in 1972 and 1976 in a redrawn district that encompassed components of northern Dade and southern Broward Counties.
