He married Katie on 17 March 1891 and lived on Pell Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales, from 1892 before moving to Western Australia.

[2] Graham died in Melbourne on 27 March 1938 after contracting a brief illness, leaving behind his wife and daughter, Wilmot Jane.

After positioning himself as representing Western Australia, he raised questions and opinions on Australian issues, contributing to the 'one big union' movement.

[1] During different political events, Graham successfully became one of Western Australia's delegates in ALP's eleventh Commonwealth Conference, although he was unsuccessful in the 1928 election.

[2] During his political tenure, Graham voiced opinions on issues including: redistributing some of the Commonwealth bank's profits to the people, inadequate pensions for the elderly, compassion for workers suffering from work-related illnesses, making minor changes to the Conciliation and Arbitration Act, opposing gold bounties, supporting selective immigration, and advocating for the concerns of the Australian Women's Commonwealth Organisations.

[2] Before concluding his political career in 1927, he made one of his final speeches, expressing hope that the era when people had to beg for work had ended.

[11] The lack of representation for females or different ethnicities in the Northern Territory's government was a common concern that Graham also raised.