17 Facts About Jim Graham

James McMillan Nielson Graham was a Scottish-born American politician and a member of the Council of the District of Columbia.

Jim Graham was born on August 26,1945, in Wishaw, Scotland.

Jim Graham worked as a clerk for Chief Justice Earl Warren and held a staff attorney position with the US Senate Governmental Affairs Committee.

Jim Graham served as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center and George Washington University, as well as supervising instructor at the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Jim Graham was licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia and before the US Supreme Court.

Jim Graham was a recovering alcoholic and came out as gay after leaving federal employment.

Jim Graham was the second openly gay elected official in DC, after David Catania.

Jim Graham helped the clinic survive its initial funding crises and in April 1981 became president of the board.

Jim Graham was first elected in 1998 and won reelection in 2002,2006, and 2010 but was defeated in his bid for a fifth term in the Democratic primary election on April 1,2014, by a margin of 41 percent to 59 percent for challenger Brianne Nadeau.

In 1999 and 2007, Jim Graham donated a large collection of his personal and professional papers to the George Washington University.

Jim Graham served as a member of the following committees on the DC Council:.

Jim Graham died June 11,2017, at George Washington University Hospital from complications related to an infection and from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

In early 2005, Jim Graham was accused of driving historically African-American businesses from the neighborhoods of Columbia Heights, Shaw, and the U Street corridor.

Jim Graham was the chairman of the committee that oversees taxi cab regulation, but voluntarily gave up oversight of cabs after Loza's arrest.

The District of Columbia Board of Ethics and Government Accountability found substantial evidence that Jim Graham asked a developer to withdraw its bid for a real estate project so that another firm, who had donated to Jim Graham, could win the bid.

In exchange, Jim Graham offered to support the firm's bid for a lottery contract, violating the District employees code of conduct.

Jim Graham described his actions as political horsetrading rather than anything illegal or unethical.