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Graves was born in [[Hope Hull, Alabama]], son of David and Mattie Bibb Graves and a descendant of Alabama's first governor [[William Wyatt Bibb]]. Graves' father died when he was one year old, and he was reared first by his paternal grandfather on an Alabama farm and then by an uncle in [[Texas]]. Graves attended the [[University of Alabama]], where he was a member of the school's [[1892 Alabama Cadets football team|inaugural]] [[Alabama Crimson Tide football|football team]]. After graduating with a degree in civil engineering (1893), Graves earned a degree from [[Yale Law School]] (1896). Graves was then elected to the Alabama legislature and later served as the city attorney in [[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]].
As adjutant general of the [[Alabama National Guard]], he helped organize the 1st Alabama Cavalry and served on the [[Mexico|Mexican]] border in 1916. In [[World War I]], Graves
==Political life==
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