Darline Graham Nordone was sworn in as the junior senator from South Carolina on Tuesday, three days after her brother, Sen. Lindsey Graham, died suddenly from an aortic dissection.
The younger sister of Graham, 71, by nine years, Graham Nordone’s swearing-in as the junior senator from South Carolina, was conducted by Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the Senate’s president pro tempore, at a well-attended ceremony Tuesday on the Senate floor. Her oath of office capped off a whirlwind few days that caught Washington completely by surprise and left members of the upper chamber of Congress mourning one of their colleagues.
