    Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002), October 2002.
    [Pages 145-148]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                   MISSISSIPPI

                          (Population 2000, 2,844,658)

                                    SENATORS

        THAD COCHRAN, Republican, of Jackson, MS; born in Pontotoc, MS,
    December 7, 1937; education: 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; military
    service: served in U.S. Navy, 1959-61; employment: 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; married: the former Rose Clayton of New Albany, MS,
    1964; 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 to each subsequent Senate term; chairman of the Senate
    Republican Conference, 1990-96; committees: Appropriations; Governmental
    Affairs; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and Administration;
    Joint Committee on the Library; Joint Committee on Printing; co-
    chairman, National Security Working Group.

                      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.--Clayton Heil.
      Office Manager.--Fred Pagan.
      Scheduler.--Doris Wagley.
      Press Secretary.--Beth Day.
    Suite 614, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 965-4459
    P.O. Box 1434, Oxford, MS 38655........................   (601) 236-1018
    14094 Customs Boulevard, Suite 201, Gulfport, MS 39503.   (228) 867-9710

                                     *  *  *

        TRENT LOTT, Republican, of Pascagoula, MS; born on 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 to the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1988;
    reelected in 1994 and 2000; Senate Republican Whip, 1995-1996; Senate
    Republican Leader, 1996-present; committees: Commerce, Science, and
    Transportation; Finance; Rules and Administration.

                      Office Listings

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

    487 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 224-6253
     20510-2403............................................
      Chief of Staff.--William Gottshall.                      FAX: 224-2262
      Scheduler.--Hardy Lott.
      Press Secretary.--Lee Youngblood.
      Legislative Director.--Jim Sartucci.
    245 East Capitol Street, Suite 226, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 965-4644
    3100 South Pascagoula Street, Pascagoula, MS 39567.....   (228) 762-5400

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    1 Government Plaza, Suite 428, Gulfport, MS 39502......   (228) 863-1988
    911 Jackson Avenue, Suite 127, Oxford, MS 38655........   (662) 234-3774
    200 East Washington Street, Suite 145, Greenwood, MS      (662) 453-5681
     38930.................................................

                                 REPRESENTATIVES

                                 FIRST DISTRICT

        ROGER F. WICKER, Republican, of Tupelo, MS; born in Pontotoc, MS,
    July 5, 1951; education: 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; religion: deacon, Sunday School
    teacher, adult choir of First Baptist Church, Tupelo, MS; married: Gayle
    Long Wicker; 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.--Jim Perry.
    500 West Main Street, Suite 210, P.O. Box 1482, Tupelo,   (601) 844-5437
     MS 38802..............................................
    8700 Northwest Drive, Suite 102, Southaven, 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

    2432 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-5876
     20515-2402............................................
      Administrative Assistant.--Marsha G. McCraven.           FAX: 225-5898
      Communications Director.--Lanier Avant.
      Office Manager.--Minnie Langham.

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    107 West Madison Street, P.O. Box 610, Bolton, MS 39041-  (601) 866-9003
     0610..................................................
      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; children: Will, Ross, Jackson, Asher, and Harper;
    committees: Agriculture; Energy and Commerce; assistant whip at large,
    Policy Committee; subcommittees: Energy and Air Quality; General Farm
    Commodities and Risk Management; Health; Livestock and Horticulture;
    Telecommunications and the Internet; co-chair, Congressional Wireless
    Caucus; co-chair Sportsmen Caucus; elected to the 105th Congress;
    reelected to each succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings

                         http://www.house.gov/pickering

    427 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515-   (202) 225-5031
     2403..................................................
      Chief of Staff.--Susan Butler.                           FAX: 225-5797
      Press Secretary.--Quinton Dickerson.
      Legislative Director.--Clay Williams.
      Scheduler.--Marcy Scoggins.
      Office Manager.--Sharon Johnson.
    110-D Airport Road, Pearl, MS, 39208...................   (601) 932-2410
      District Director.--Stanley Shows.                       FAX: 965-4598
    823 22nd Avenue, Meridian, MS 39301....................   (601) 693-6681
      Staff Assistants: Lynne Compton, Carol Mabry.            FAX: 693-1801
    2080 Airport Road, Suite D, Columbus, MS 39702.........   (662) 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

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                                 FOURTH DISTRICT

        RONNIE SHOWS, Democrat, of Jefferson Davis County, MS; born in
    Moselle, MS, on January 26, 1947; married: Johnnie Ruth Shows, 1968;
    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, 1988-99; committees: Agriculture;
    Financial Services; Veterans' Affairs; subcommittees: Capital Markets,
    Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises; Financial Institutions
    and Consumer Credit; General Farm Commodities and Risk Management;
    Health; Oversight and Investigations; elected to the 106th Congress;
    reelected to the 107th Congress.

                      Office Listings

                           ronnie.shows@mail.house.gov

    1408 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC      (202) 225-5865
     20515.................................................
      Chiefs of Staff: Glenn Rushing, Burns Strider.           FAX: 225-5886
      Legislative Director.--Phil Alperson.
      Press Secretary.--Burns Strider.
      Executive Assistant.--Cassie Sheldon.
    245 East Capitol Street, Suite 222, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 352-1355
      District Director.--Larry Denman.                        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