Congressional Directory for the 106th Congress (1999-2000), October 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



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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    [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

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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

                       [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)

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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, 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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