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BIOGRAPHY

Addison “Joe” Graves Wilson was born on July 31, 1947, in Charleston, South
Carolina. After graduating from the High School of Charleston in 1965, he
received his undergraduate degree from Washington & Lee University in Lexington,
Virginia, and completed his law degree at the University of South Carolina. A
real estate attorney by trade, Joe was a founding partner of the West Columbia
law firm Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Taylor & Thomas.

His career in public service officially began when he served on the staffs of
South Carolina legends Senator Strom Thurmond and Congressman Floyd Spence. As
part of the visionary Ronald Reagan administration, Joe was Deputy General
Counsel to the United States Department of Energy Secretary and former South
Carolina Governor, Jim Edwards.

Throughout his life, Joe has had a tremendous passion to serve his country,
serving as a member of the United States Armed Forces. After serving in the
United States Army Reserves from 1972-1975, he also served in the South Carolina
Army National Guard. In the summer of 2003, Joe retired as a Colonel, having
served as a Staff Judge Advocate assigned to the 218th Mechanized Infantry
Brigade. At the time, he was the only active Guard member serving in Congress.

Before being elected to the United States Congress in 2001, Joe served 17 years,
with perfect attendance, in the South Carolina State Senate where he was elected
Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee, the first Republican Chairman
since the Reconstruction Era.

Today, Joe serves as a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he
is the Ranking Member of the Middle East, North Africa, and International
Terrorism Subcommittee. Additionally, Joe serves on the House Armed Services
Committee where he is a member of the Subcommittees on Readiness and Strategic
Forces and as a member of the House Committee on Education and Labor. Since the
111th Congress, he has been appointed to the highly influential Republican
Policy Committee. He serves as Chair of the Bulgaria Caucus and the French
Caucus, as well as Co-Chair for the Slovak Caucus, Morocco Caucus, and UK Caucus
and is a founding member of the EU Caucus. He is a also member of the Americans
Abroad Caucus, amongst many others.

As the Representative of the Second Congressional District of South Carolina,
Joe is committed to promoting peace through a strong national defense,
decreasing taxes for all Americans, and limiting the size and spending of the
federal government.

Joe is married to Roxanne, who continues to offer him strength and support in
every endeavor. They are parents of four sons, all of whom have served in the
U.S. military, and are proud grandparents to nine grandchildren - five boys and
four girls. Alan, his oldest son, is a Lt. Colonel in the South Carolina Army
National Guard who proudly served for a year in Iraq and was recently re-elected
as the Attorney General for South Carolina in 2018; Addison is a graduate of the
United States Naval Academy and is a physician in the U.S. Navy who did a tour
of duty in Iraq; Julian was a Captain in the South Carolina Army National Guard
who served on a peacekeeping tour in Egypt; and Hunter was a First Lieutenant in
the South Carolina Army National Guard who did a tour of duty in Afghanistan.
Their four sons are all Eagle Scouts.

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