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The late Sen. Lindsey Graham ranked among the bottom half of Congress\u2019 big earners despite more than three decades in office and a top role leading the GOP. <\/p>\n

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Graham, 71, died Saturday night with a net worth of nearly $1.5 million, leaving the senator, who had a modest upbringing in South Carolina, ranked at 294th in wealth among the 535 voting members of Congress, according to data from the Quiver Quantitative tracker.<\/p>\n

As a point of contrast, Graham\u2019s personal wealth is a drop compared to Congress\u2019 wealthiest member, fellow Sen. James Justice (R-WV), whose net worth is estimated at more than $664 million, according to Quiver Quantitative. <\/p>\n

Both men earned a Senate salary of $174,000 a year.<\/p>\n

Despite a 31-year career in Congress that catapulted Graham to the center of power in the Senate, the South Carolina native has never strayed too far from his humble roots.<\/p>\n

Graham grew up in a blue-collar family in the small town of Central, where his parents ran a restaurant and pool hall known as the Sanitary Cafe. A young Graham lived in the room right behind the family business.<\/p>\n

The late senator previously credited his working-class upbringing \u2014 in which he helped his parents run their restaurant \u2014 with pushing him to be the first person in his family to go to college.<\/p>\n

But while he was attending the University of South Carolina, both his parents died of illness just 15 months apart from each other, leaving Graham to legally adopt his then-13-year-old sister and get her through her education. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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After earning his law degree, Graham joined the Air Force and then made his debut in Congress as a representative in 1995 and then a senator in 2003, where he led the GOP\u2019s foreign policy issues.<\/p>\n

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Graham\u2019s net wealth remained relatively consistent over the past decade, with the senator mostly trading in mutual funds and corporate bond funds.<\/p>\n

The senator, who never married and had no children, also owned a townhouse near the Capitol that was estimated at $890,000 in value, as well as a home in Seneca, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

During the lead-up to his failed 2016 presidential bid, The Center for Responsive Politics group ranked Graham among the least wealthy members of the Senate for 10 straight years.<\/p>\n

Graham died of a \u201cbrief and sudden illness\u201d on Saturday evening following a trip to Ukraine, according to his office.\u00a0His preliminary cause of death was a ruptured aorta brought on by chronic heart disease,\u00a0the DC medical examiner\u2019s office found.<\/p>\n

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