Pud Graham

{{Short description|Mississippi politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}

{{infobox officeholder

|name=Pud Graham

|office=President pro tempore of the
Mississippi State Senate

|term_start=January 5, 1993

|term_end=January 2, 1996

|predecessor=Ollie Mohamed

|successor=Tommy Gollott

|state_senate2=Mississippi State

|district2=3rd

|term_start2=January 3, 1984

|term_end2=January 2, 1996

|predecessor2=John H. Waldrop

|successor2=Nickey Browning

|birth_name=

|birth_date={{birth date|1936|10|02}}

|birth_place=Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.

|death_date={{death date and age|2011|12|03|1936|10|02}}

|death_place=New Albany, Mississippi, U.S.

|party={{ubl|Democratic (until 1994)|Republican (1994–2011)}}

|spouse=Erma

|education={{indented plainlist|

• Itawamba Community College
• Delta State University}}

}}

Walter A. "Pud" Graham (October 2, 1936 – December 3, 2011){{Cite web|url=http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/html/SC/SC0504SG.htm|title=SC 504 (As Adopted by Senate and House) - 2012 Regular Session|website=billstatus.ls.state.ms.us}} was a state legislator in Mississippi.{{Cite news |date=December 7, 2011 |title=Former Sen. Graham dies |pages=10 |work=Clarion-Ledger |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/183367971/?terms=%22Walter%20A.%20Graham%22&match=1 |via=Newspapers.com}} He served in the Mississippi State Senate, including as president pro tempore from 1993 to 1996.{{Cite web|url=https://www.djournal.com/news/graham-former-senate-pro-tem-remembered-fondly-by-colleagues/article_f6c8924a-0455-5c4a-ba4b-8d8fa8f17688.html|title=Graham, former Senate pro-tem, remembered fondly by colleagues|first=Bobby|last=Harrison|website=Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal|date=6 December 2011 }} He lived in New Albany, Mississippi.

A Democrat, he eventually became a Republican. Democrat Nickey Browning from Pontotoc succeeded him in the state senate after he chose to run for Agriculture commissioner instead of for re-election.