    Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
    [Pages 165-168]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                   MISSISSIPPI

                          (Population 1995, 2,697,000)

                                    SENATORS

        THAD COCHRAN, Republican, of Jackson, MS; born in Pontotoc, MS,
    December 7, 1937; graduated, Byram High School, 1955; B.A., University
    of Mississippi, 1959; J.D., University of Mississippi Law School, 1965;
    received a Rotary Foundation Fellowship and studied international law
    and jurisprudence at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland,
    1963-64; served in U.S. Navy, 1959-61; admitted to Mississippi bar in
    1965; board of directors, Jackson Rotary Club, 1970-71; Outstanding
    Young Man of the Year Award, Junior Chamber of Commerce in Mississippi,
    1971; president, young lawyers section of Mississippi State bar, 1972-
    73; cochairman of the Sunbelt Caucus, 1994; married the former Rose
    Clayton of New Albany, MS, 1964; two children: Clayton and Katherine;
    elected to the 93rd Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to 94th and
    95th Congresses; elected to the U.S. Senate, November 7, 1978, for the
    six-year term beginning January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by the
    governor, December 27, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the
    resignation of Senator James O. Eastland; reelected November 6, 1984;
    reelected November 6, 1990 without opposition; reelected November 5,
    1996; chair: subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related
    Agencies, and Production and Price Competitiveness; committees:
    Appropriations, Governmental Affairs, Agriculture, Nutrition and
    Forestry and Rules Administration, Joint Committee on the Library, Joint
    Committee on Printing; elected chairman of the Senate Republican
    Conference in 1990; reelected chairman, 1992 and 1994.

                      Office Listings
     http://www.senate.gov/cochran    senator@cochran.senate.gov

    326 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
     20510-2402............................................         224-5054
      Chief of Staff.--Mark Eikeenum.
      Legislative Director.--James Lofton.
      Administrative Assistant.--Haley Fisackerly.
      Legislative Director.--M.D.B. Carlisle.
    Suite 614, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 965-4459
      Administrative Assistant.--Wiley Carter.
    P.O. Box 1434, Oxford, MS 38655........................   (601) 236-1018

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        TRENT LOTT, Republican, of Pascagoula, MS; born October 9, 1941, in
    Grenada, MS, son of Chester P. and Iona (Watson) Lott; University of
    Mississippi, B.P.A., 1963, J.D., 1967; served as field representative
    for the University of Mississippi, 1963-65; acting law alumni secretary
    of the Ole Miss Alumni Association, 1966-67; practiced law in Pascagoula
    in 1967 with Bryan and Gordon law firm; administrative assistant to
    Congressman William M. Colmer, 1968-72; member: Sigma Nu social
    fraternity, Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity, Jackson County Bar
    Association, American Bar Association, the Masons, First Baptist Church
    of Pascagoula; married Patricia E. Thompson of Pascagoula, 1964; two
    children: Chester T., Jr. and Tyler Elizabeth; elected to the 93rd
    Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to each succeeding Congress;
    member, Judiciary Committee, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 93rd
    Congress; Committee on Rules and Post Office and Civil Service
    Committee, 94th and 95th Congresses; chairman, House Republican Research
    Committee, 96th Congress; House Republican Whip, Committee on Rules,
    97th-100th Congresses; member, Committee on Small Business, 101st
    Congress; member, Committee on Budget, 102nd Congress; chairman,
    Republican Committee on Committees, 102nd Congress; member, Committee on
    Energy and Natural Resources, Joint Committee on the Reorganization of
    Congress, Secretary of Republican Conference, 103rd Congress; member,
    Committee on Ethics, 101st and 102nd Congresses; member, Committee on
    Armed Services, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation,
    101st-103rd Congresses; elected on November 8, 1988 to the U.S. Senate
    for the term beginning January 3, 1989; elected to the 104th Congress;
    elected Senate majority whip; committees: Commerce, Science, and
    Transportation; Finance; Rules and Administration; subcommittees;
    Aviation; Communications; International Trade; Long-Term Growth, Debt
    and Deficit Reduction.

                      Office Listings

      http://www.senate.gov/lott    senatorlott@lott.senate.gov

    487 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC
     20510-2403............................................         224-6253

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      Chief of Staff.--John Lundy.                             FAX: 224-2262
      Scheduler.--Hardy Lott.
      Press Secretary.--Elizabeth Mavar.
      Legislative Director.--Carl Biersack.
    245 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201.............   (601) 965-4644
    3100 South Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567.....   (601) 762-5400
    One Government Plaza, Gulfport, MS 39502...............   (601) 864-1988
    101 South Lafayette, Starkville, MS 39759..............   (601) 323-1414
    911 Jackson Avenue, Oxford, MS 38655...................   (601) 234-3774
    20 East Washington Street, Greenwood, MS 38930.........   (601) 453-5681

                                 REPRESENTATIVES

                                 FIRST DISTRICT

        ROGER F. WICKER, Republican, of Tupelo, MS; born in Pontotoc, MS,
    July 5, 1951; graduated Pontotoc High School; B.A. and J.D., University
    of Mississippi, 1973; Ole Mississippi Law School, 1975; attorney-at-law;
    member: Lions Club, Promise Keepers; president, Associated Student Body,
    1972-73; Ole Miss Hall of Fame; Sigma Nu Fraternity; Omicron Delta
    Kappa; Phi Delta Phi; Mississippi Law Journal, 1973-75; Air Force ROTC;
    U.S. Air Force, 1976-80; lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserves,
    1980-present; Lee County Public Defender, 1984-87; Tupelo City Judge pro
    tempore, 1986-87; private law practice, 1982-94; served as president of
    Tupelo Community Theatre; president, Lee County Young Lawyers; North
    Mississippi Medical Center Development Council; member: Community
    Development Foundation Education Roundtable, CDF Skills and Technology
    Task Force; deacon, Sunday School teacher, adult choir of First Baptist
    Church, Tupelo, MS; married to Gayle Long Wicker; three children:
    Margaret, Caroline, and McDaniel; member: Mississippi State Senate,
    1988-94; chairman: Electric Committee (1992), Public Health and Welfare
    Committee (1993); previous committees: Education, Judiciary, Finance,
    Elections, and Constitution; Senate Rules Committee (1993); U.S. House
    Rules Committee staff for Representative Trent Lott, 1980-82;
    Appropriations Committee; president, Republican freshman class, 1995;
    elected to the 104th Congress, November 6, 1994; reelected to the 105th
    Congress.

                      Office Listings
               http://www.house.gov/wicker    rwicker@hr.house.gov

    206 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-
     2401..................................................         225-4306
      Administrative Assistant/Press Secretary.--Kyle
       Steward.
      Chief of Staff.--John Keast.
      Legislative Director.--Chris Pedigo.
    500 West Main Street, Suite 210, P.O. Box 1482, Tupelo,
     MS 38802..............................................   (601) 844-5437
    8625 Highway 51 North, Southhaven, MS 38671............   (601) 342-3942

    Counties: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, DeSoto, Grenada
            (part), Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery
            (part), Oktibbeha (part), Panola (part), Pontotoc, Prentiss,
            Tallahatchie (part), Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, Webster,
            and Yalobusha. Population (1990), 514,548.
    ZIP Codes: 38601-03, 38606 (part), 38610-11, 38618-20, 38625, 38627,
            38629, 38632-35, 38637-38, 38641-42, 38647-52, 38654-55, 38658-
            59, 38661, 38663, 38665, 38668, 38671, 38673-74, 38677, 38679-
            80, 38683, 38685, 38801-03, 38820-21, 38824-29, 38833-34, 38838-
            39, 38841, 38843-44, 38846-52, 38855-60, 38862-66, 38868-71,
            38873-74, 38876-80, 38913-16, 38920, 38921 (part), 38922, 38925
            (part), 38927, 38929 (part), 38948-49, 38951, 38953, 38955,
            38961-62, 38965, 38967 (part), 39730, 39735, 39737, 39740,
            39744-46, 39747 (part), 39750-52, 39756, 39767, 39769, 39771-72,
            39776

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                                 SECOND DISTRICT

        BENNIE THOMPSON, Democrat, of Bolton, MS; born in Bolton, January
    28, 1948; graduated, Hinds County Agriculture High School; B.A.,
    Tougaloo College, 1968; M.S., Jackson State University, 1972; teacher;
    Bolton Board of Aldermen, 1969-73; mayor of Bolton, 1973-79; Hinds
    County Board of Supervisors, 1980-93; married to the former London
    Johnson, Ph.D.; one daughter, BendaLonne; committee assignments:
    Agriculture, Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Small Business; member:
    Congressional Black Caucus, Sunbelt Caucus, Rural Caucus, Progressive
    Caucus; Housing Assistance Council; NAACP 100 Black Men of Jackson, MS;
    Southern Regional Council; Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity; elected in a
    special election to the 103rd Congress; reelected to each succeeding
    Congress.

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                      Office Listings
               http://www.house.gov/thompson    ms2nd@hr.house.gov

    1408 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC
     20515-2402............................................         225-5876
      Executive Assistant.--Marsha G. McCraven.                FAX: 225-5898
      Legislative Director/Press Secretary.--Edward
       Jackson.
      Office Manager.--Minnie Langham.
    107 West Madison Street, P.O. Box 610, Bolton, MS 39041-
     0610..................................................   (601) 866-9003
      District Director.--Charles Horhn.
    Quitman County Court House, 230 Chestnut Street, Marks,
     MS 38646..............................................   (601) 326-3090
    Mound Bayou City Hall, Room 134, 106 West Green Street,
     Mound Bayou, MS 38762.................................   (601) 741-9003
    221 West Market Street, Suite 5, Greenwood, MS 38930...   (601) 455-9003
    901 Courthouse Lane, Greenville, MS 38701..............   (601) 335-9003

    Counties: Attala (part), Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Grenada
            (part), Hinds (part), Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson,
            Leake (part), Leflore, Madison (part), Montgomery (part), Panola
            (part), Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie (part),
            Tunica, Warren, Washington, and Yazoo. Population (1990),
            514,845.
    ZIP Codes: 38606 (part), 38609, 38614, 38617, 38619, 38620-23, 38626,
            38628, 38630-31, 38639, 38643-46, 38657-58, 38662, 38664-66,
            38669-70, 38676, 38701-04, 38720-23, 38725-26, 38729-33, 38736-
            40, 38744-46, 38748-49, 38751, 38753-56, 38758-65, 38767-69,
            38771-74, 38776, 38778-82, 38901, 38912, 38917, 38921 (part),
            38923-24, 38925 (part), 38926-28, 38929 (part), 38930, 38940-47,
            38950, 38952, 38954, 38957-61, 38963-64, 38966, 38967 (part),
            39038-40, 39041 (part), 39045, 39046 (part), 39049, 39051
            (part), 39054-55, 39056 (part), 39060-61, 39063-64, 39066
            (part), 38967, 39069-72, 39079, 39081, 39086, 39088, 39090
            (part), 39094-97, 39207-09, 39110 (part), 39113, 39115, 39130,
            39144, 39146, 39150, 39154 (part), 39156, 39158-60, 39162-63,
            39166, 39169-73, 39175 (part), 39176-77, 39179-82, 39189, 39192,
            39194, 39206 (part), 39209 (part), 39213 (part), 39216 (part),
            39352, 39653, 39661, 39668, 39747 (part), 39862

                                     *  *  *

                                 THIRD DISTRICT

        CHARLES W. (CHIP) PICKERING, Jr., Republican, of Laurel, MS; born on
    August 10, 1963; B.A., business administration, University of
    Mississippi, 1986; M.B.A., Baylor University; farmer; legislative aide
    to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, 1992-96; Bush administration
    appointee, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1989-91; Southern Baptist
    missionary to Budapest, Hungary, 1986-87; married to the former Leisha
    Jane Prather; four children: Will, Ross, Jackson, and Asher; committees:
    Transportation and Infrastructure, Agriculture, Science; assistant whip
    at large, Policy Committee; elected to the 105th Congress.

                      Office Listings
          http://www.house.gov/pickering    c.pickering@mail.house.gov

    427 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-
     2403..................................................         225-5031
      Chief of Staff.--Susan Connell.                          FAX: 225-5797
      Press Secretary.--Quinton Dickerson.
      Legislative Director.--John Rothrock.
      Scheduler.--Christi Bradley.
    110-D Airport Road, Pearl, MS, 39208...................   (601) 932-2410
      District Director.--James B. Huff.                       FAX: 965-4598
    2100 Ninth Street, Suite 302, Meridian, MS 39301.......   (601) 693-6681
      Staff Assistants: Lynne Compton, Carol Mabry.            FAX: 693-1801
    2080 Airport Road, Suite D, Columbus, MS 39702.........   (601) 327-2766
      District Representative.--Henry Moseley.                 FAX: 328-4570
      Special Assistant.--Clara Peterson.

    Counties and Townships: Aponaug, Attala (part), Berea, Carmack, Clarke,
            Clay, East, Ethel, Jasper, Jones (part), Kemper, Lauderdale,
            Leake (part), Liberty Chapel, Lowndes, Madison (part), McCool,
            Neshoba, Newton, Northwest, Noxubee, Oktibbeha (part),
            Providence, Rankin, Scott, South Central, Smith, Thompson, Wayne
            (part), Williamsville, Winston and Zama. Jones County: Carthage,
            Ebenezer, Erata, Freeny, Glade, Good Hope, Lena, Madden, Myrick
            School, Northeast High, Northwest High, Rustin, Salem, Shady
            Grove, Sharon, Singleton, South Carthage, and Walnut Grove.
            Madison County: Madisonville, Madison, Lorman/Cavelier,
            Ridgeland, and Trace Habor. Oktibbeha County: Adaton, Bell
            Schoolhouse, Bradley, Central Starkville, Craig Springs, East
            Starkville, Gillespie Street, Hickory Grove, Northeast
            Starkville, North Longview, North Starkville, Osborn, Oktoc,
            Self Creek, Sessums, South Longview, South Starkville, and West
            Starkville. Wayne County: Big Rock, Chaparral, Coit, Diamond,
            Eucutta, Yellow Creek, Hiwannee, and Matherville. Population
            (1990), 515,314.
    ZIP Codes: 39042-44, 39046 (part), 39047, 39051 (part), 39057, 39067,
            39073-74, 39076, 39080, 39087, 39090 (part), 39092, 39094,
            39098, 39107-09, 39110 (part), 39114, 39116-17, 39119, 39145,
            39148, 39151-53, 39157 (part), 39158, 39161, 39167-68, 39189,
            39193, 39208, 39211 (part), 39213 (part), 39218, 39283, 39288,
            39298, 39301-05, 39307, 39320, 39323, 39325-28, 39330, 39332,
            39335-39, 39341-42, 39345-48, 39350, 39352-56, 39358-61, 39363-
            67, 39422, 39439, 39440 (part), 39441-42, 39460, 39477, 39480-
            81, 39701-05, 39736, 39739, 39741, 39743, 39753-55, 39759
            (part), 39762, 39766, 39773

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                                 FOURTH DISTRICT

        MIKE PARKER, Republican, of Brookhaven, MS; born in Laurel, MS, on
    October 31, 1949, son of Rev. and Mrs. Milton Paul Parker; graduated,
    Franklin High School, Meadville, MS, 1967; B.A., William Carey College,
    Hattiesburg, MS, 1970; small businessman; member, Faith Presbyterian
    Church; married to the former Rosemary Prather; three children: Michael
    Adrian, Marisa, and Thomas Welch; committees: Appropriations, Budget;
    subcommittees: Energy and Water Development, Military Construction;
    elected on November 8, 1988, to the 101st Congress; reelected to each
    succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings
                           http://www.house.gov/parker

    2445 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
     20515-2404............................................         225-5865
      Chief of Staff.--Arthur Rhodes.                          FAX: 225-5886
      Executive Assistant/Scheduler.--Pat Stewart-Holland.
    245 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201.............   (601) 352-1355
      Executive Administrator.--Ed Cole.                       FAX: 352-9044

    Counties: Adams, Amite, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Hinds (part),
            Jefferson Davis, Jones (part), Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Pike,
            Simpson, Walthall, and Wilkinson. Population (1990), 513,853.
    ZIP Codes: 39041 (part), 39044, 39049, 39056 (part), 39059, 39062, 39066
            (part), 39077-78, 39082-83, 39086, 39111-12, 39114, 39119-22,
            39140, 39144, 39149, 39154 (part), 39157 (part), 39165, 39168,
            39170, 39174, 39175 (part), 39190-91, 39201-05, 39206 (part),
            39207, 39209 (part), 39211 (part), 39212, 39213 (part), 39215,
            39216 (part), 39225, 39236, 39269, 39282, 39284, 39286, 39289,
            39296, 39401 (part), 39421, 39427-29, 39436-37, 39440 (part),
            39459, 39464, 39470, 39474, 39478-80, 39482-84, 39601, 39629-33,
            39635, 39638, 39641, 39643, 39645, 39647-48, 39652-54, 39656-57,
            39661-69, 39759 (part)

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                                 FIFTH DISTRICT

        GENE TAYLOR, Democrat, of Bay St. Louis, MS; born in New Orleans, LA
    on September 17, 1953; graduated from De LaSalle High School, New
    Orleans, LA, 1971; B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1974;
    graduate studies in business and economics, August 1978-April 1980; U.S.
    Coast Guard Reserves, 1971-84, first class petty officer, search and
    rescue boat skipper; sales representative, Stone Container Corporation,
    1977-89; city councilman, Bay St. Louis, 1981-83; State Senator, 1983-
    89; member: American Legion, Rotarian, Boys and Girls Club of the Gulf
    Coast; committees: National Security, Transportation and Infrastructure;
    married the former Margaret Gordon, 1978; three children: Sarah, Emily,
    Gary; elected to the 101st Congress by special election on October 17,
    1989, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Larkin Smith; reelected
    to each succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings

    2447 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC
     20515-2405............................................         225-5772
      Administrative Assistant.--Wayne Weidie.                 FAX: 225-7074
      Legislative Director.--Stephen Peranich.
      Executive Secretary/Scheduler.--Molly Burns.
    2424 Fourteenth Street, Gulfport, MS 39501.............   (601) 864-7670
      District Manager.--Beau Gex.                             FAX: 864-3099
    215 Federal Building, 701 Main Street, Hattiesburg, MS
     39401.................................................   (601) 582-3246
                                                               FAX: 582-3452
    706 Watts Avenue, Pascagoula, MS 39567.................   (601) 762-1770
                                                               FAX: 762-7957

    Counties: Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Lamar,
            Pearl River, Perry, Stone, and Wayne (part). Cities and
            townships: Biloxi, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Pascagoula. Population
            (1990), 514,656.
    ZIP Codes: 38827, 39322, 39324, 39362, 39367, 39401, 39402-03, 39406-07,
            39423, 39425-26, 39451-52, 39455-57, 39461-66, 39470, 39475-76,
            39482, 39501-03, 39505-07, 39520-22, 39525, 39529-35, 39552-53,
            39555-56, 39558, 39560-65, 39567-69, 39571-74, 39576-77, 39581

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