Congressional Directory for the 107th Congress (2001-2002), October 2002.
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[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
* * *
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)
* * *
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