Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), February 2000.
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
MISSISSIPPI
(Population 1998, 2,752,000)
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; chairman: subcommittee on Agriculture Appropriations; subcommittee
on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services;
committees: Appropriations; Governmental Affairs; Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and Administration; Joint Committee on
the Library; Joint Committee on Printing; elected chairman of the Senate
Republican Conference in 1990; reelected chairman in 1992 and 1994.
Office Listings
http://www.senate.gov/cochran [email protected]
326 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 224-5054
20510-2402............................................
Chief of Staff.--Mark E. Keenum.
Legislative Director.--James Lofton.
Office Manager.--Patricia Doty.
Suite 614, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201.. (601) 965-4459
P.O. Box 1434, Oxford, MS 38655........................ (601) 236-1018
* * *
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, 1995; elected Senate Majority Leader,
1996; committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance; Rules
and Administration; subcommittees: Aviation; Communications;
International Trade; Social Security and Family Policy; Taxation and IRS
Oversight.
Office Listings
http://www.senate.gov/lott [email protected]
487 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 224-5358
20510-2403............................................
Chief of Staff.--William Gottshall. FAX: 224-2262
Scheduler.--Hardy Lott.
Press Secretary.--Lee Youngblood.
Legislative Director.--Carl Biersack.
245 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201............. (601) 965-4644
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3100 South Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567..... (601) 762-5400
One Government Plaza, Gulfport, MS 39502............... (601) 864-1988
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 8, 1994; reelected to each
succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/wicker
206 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515- (202) 225-4306
2401..................................................
Administrative Assistant/Press Secretary.--Kyle
Steward.
Chief of Staff.--John Keast.
Legislative Director.--Stovall Witte.
500 West Main Street, Suite 210, P.O. Box 1482, Tupelo, (601) 844-5437
MS 38802..............................................
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, MS, on
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; committees: Agriculture;
Budget; 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 to the 103rd Congress in a special election;
reelected to each succeeding Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/thompson [email protected]
1408 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 225-5876
20515-2402............................................
Administrative Assistant.--Marsha G. McCraven. FAX: 225-5898
Communications Director.--Edward Jackson.
Office Manager.--Minnie Langham.
107 West Madison Street, P.O. Box 610, Bolton, MS 39041- (601) 866-9003
0610..................................................
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District Director.--Charlie Horhn.
Quitman County Court House, 230 Chestnut Street, Marks, (601) 326-3090
MS 38646..............................................
Mound Bayou City Hall, Room 134, 106 West Green Street, (601) 741-9003
Mound Bayou, MS 38762.................................
509 Highway 82 West, Greenwood, MS 38930............... (601) 455-9003
910 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; five children: Will, Ross, Jackson, Asher, and Harper;
committee: Commerce; assistant whip at large, Policy Committee; elected
to the 105th Congress; reelected to the 106th Congress.
Office Listings
http://www.house.gov/pickering
427 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515- (202) 225-5031
2403..................................................
Chief of Staff.--Susan Connell. FAX: 225-5797
Press Secretary.--Quinton Dickerson.
Legislative Director.--Graham Hill.
Scheduler.--Marcy Scoggins.
Office Manager.--Sharon Johnson.
110-D Airport Road, Pearl, MS, 39208................... (601) 932-2410
District Director.--Stanley Shows. 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
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
FOURTH DISTRICT
RONNIE SHOWS, Democrat, of Jefferson Davis County, MS; born in
Moselle, MS, on January 26, 1947; married: Johnnie Ruth Shows, 1968;
four children: Bobby, Joe, Landell, and Rhonda; education: B.S.,
University of Southern Mississippi; profession: teacher, coach, elected
official, and farmer; public service: Jefferson Davis County, MS,
Circuit Clerk, 1976-80; Mississippi State Senator, 1980-88; Highway
Commissioner, Southern District of Mississippi,
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1988-99; committees: Transportation and Infrastructure (subcommittees:
Economic Development, Public Buildings, Hazardous Materials and Pipeline
Transportation; Ground Transportation); Veterans' Affairs
(subcommittees: Health); elected to the 106th Congress.
Office Listings
[email protected]
509 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515. (202) 225-5865
Chief of Staff.--Marshall Lusk. FAX: 225-5886
Legislative Director.--Phil Alperson.
Press Secretary.--Amanda Cromley.
Executive Assistant.--Tiffany Lucas.
245 East Capitol Street, Suite 222, Jackson, MS 39201.. (601) 352-1355
District Director.--Glenn Rushing. FAX: 352-9044
243 John R. Junkin Drive, Suite C, Natchez, MS 39120... (601) 446-8825
FAX: 446-7250
728-1/2 Sawmill Road, Laurel, MS 39440................. (601) 425-5257
FAX: 425-5428
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)
* * *
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, University of Southern
Mississippi, 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: Armed
Services; 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
http://www.house.gov/Taylor
2311 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC (202) 225-5772
20515-2405............................................
Chief of Staff.--Wayne Weidie. FAX: 225-7074
Legislative Director.--Stephen Peranich.
Executive Assistant.--Courtney Littig.
2424 Fourteenth Street, Gulfport, MS 39501............. (228) 864-7670
District Manager.--Beau Gex. FAX: 864-3099
215 Federal Building, 701 Main Street, Hattiesburg, MS (601) 582-3246
39401.................................................
FAX: 582-3452
1215-B Government Street, Ocean Springs, MS 39564...... (228) 872-7950
FAX: 872-7949
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