    Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), October 2000.
    [Pages 146-149]
    [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    senator@cochran.senate.gov

    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

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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, 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    senatorlott@lott.senate.gov

    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    thompsonms2nd@mail.house.gov

    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

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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; 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

                           ronnie.shows@mail.house.gov

    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

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