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    [email protected]
 
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
 

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    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    [email protected]
 
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    [email protected]
 
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

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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; 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
 
                       [email protected]
 
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