Lindsey Graham presidential campaign, 2016

Lindsey Graham for President
Campaign	Republican Presidential Primary, 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, 2016
Candidate	Lindsey Graham U.S. Senator from South Carolina (2003–present) Representative (1995–2003)
Affiliation	Republican Party
Status	Announced: June 1, 2015 Suspended: December 21, 2015
Headquarters	P.O. Box 2732 Columbia, South Carolina
Receipts	US$5,628,709 (2015-12-31)
Slogan	" Ready To Be Commander-in-Chief On Day One "
Website
www.LindseyGraham.com

The 2016 presidential campaign of Lindsey Graham, the longtime senior United States Senator from South Carolina, and former U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 3rd congressional district was announced on June 1, 2015. His candidacy for the Republican nomination for President of the United States in the 2016 election began at an event in his hometown of Central, South Carolina. On December 21, 2015, Graham announced the suspension of his campaign.

If Graham, a bachelor, had secured the nomination he would have been the first unwed individual to receive a major-party nomination since unwed divorcee Adlai Stevenson II (the Democratic nominee in 1952 and 1956).

Graham would have been the third unmarried individual to be elected president, after James Buchanan (a lifelong bachelor) was elected in 1852 and the widowed Grover Cleveland was elected in 1884.

Graham would have been the first South Carolina native to become president.

It had been speculated that Graham could be a potential Presidential candidate since at least October 2014, when he had stated that he would explore running for President in the 2016 election if he were re-elected as a Senator in the 2014 election, and began appearing at events and discussing a potential Presidential bid. Graham was previously considered as a possible Vice President for Republican presidential nominee John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, however former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was later chosen for the job.

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