Elwood Graham (April 10, 1902 – October 9, 1978) was a state legislator in Illinois.

[2] In 1964, due to a failure of the General Assembly to agree on a redistricting plan, every House representative was elected at-large statewide, in what became known as the bedsheet ballot election.

Graham was one of three African American Republicans elected to the 77th Illinois General Assembly in 1970, but the other two died during 1972.

When the legislature was called into special session by Governor Ogilvie in November 1972, it was the first time since Edward D. Green in 1912 that there had been only one African American Republican in the General Assembly.

[6][7] The publisher of the Chicago Metro News remembered him as "a fighter for two party representation".