Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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[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    [email protected]
                                                                        
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    [email protected] 
                                                                        
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    [email protected]          
                                                                        
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    [email protected]          
                                                                        
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

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                             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    [email protected]      
                                                                        
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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