Congressional Directory for the 109th Congress (2005-2006), July 2005.
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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; professional: 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; two 
children and two grandsons; elected to the 93rd Congress, November 7, 
1972; reelected to 94th and 95th 
Congresses; chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, 1990-96; 
committees: chairman, 
Appropriations; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and 
Administration; Joint 
Committee on the Library of Congress; Joint Committee on Printing; co-
chairman, National 
Security Working Group; 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 
succeeding Senate term.

                  Office Listings
 
                        http://cochran.senate.gov
 
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 224-5054
 20510.................................................
  Chief of Staff.--Mark E. Keenum.
  Legislative Director.--Blake Thompson.
  Office Manager.--Mary-Cates Permenter.
  Scheduler.--Doris Wagley.
188 East Capitol Street, Suite 614, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 965-4459
P.O. Box 1434, Oxford, MS 38655........................   (662) 236-1018
14094 Customs Boulevard, Suite 201, Gulfport, MS 39503.   (228) 867-9710
 

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    TRENT LOTT, Republican, of Pascagoula, MS; born in Grenada, MS, 
October 9, 1941; son of Chester P. and Iona (Watson) Lott; education: 
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; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 8, 1988; 
Republican Whip, 1995-1996; Senate Republican Leader, 1996-2003; 
committees: Commerce, Science, and Transportation; Finance; chairman, 
Rules and Administration; Select Committee on Intelligence; chairman, 
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies; Joint Committee 
on the 
Library of Congress; chairman, Joint Committee on Printing; Joint 
Committee on Taxation; 
subcommittee: Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine; reelected to 
each succeeding 
Senate term.


                  Office Listings
 
                         http://lott.senate.gov
 
487 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 224-6253
 20510.................................................
  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
2012 15th Street, Suite 451, Gulfport, MS 39501........   (228) 863-1988
911 Jackson Avenue, Suite 127, Oxford, MS 38655........   (662) 234-3774
 



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                             REPRESENTATIVES

                             FIRST DISTRICT

    ROGER F. WICKER, Republican, of Tupelo, MS; born in Pontotoc, MS, 
July 5, 1951; education: graduated, Pontotoc High School; University of 
Mississippi: B.A., 1973, J.D., 1975; president, Associated Student Body, 
1972-73; Mississippi Law Journal, 1973-75; Air Force ROTC; U.S. Air 
Force, 1976-80; lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1980-2004; 
U.S. House of Representatives Rules Committee staff for Representative 
Trent Lott, 1980-82; private law practice, 1982-94; Lee County Public 
Defender, 1984-87; Tupelo City Judge pro tempore, 1986-87; Mississippi 
State Senate, 1988-94, chairman: Elections Committee (1992), Public 
Health and Welfare Committee (1993-94); member: Lions Club; University 
of Mississippi Hall of Fame; Sigma Nu Fraternity; Omicron Delta Kappa; 
Phi Delta Phi; religion: Southern Baptist, deacon, adult choir, First 
Baptist Church, Tupelo, MS; married: Gayle Long Wicker; children: 
Margaret, Caroline and McDaniel; committees: Appropriations; Budget; 
deputy majority whip; Republican Policy Committee; elected to the 104th 
Congress, November 8, 1994; president, 
Republican freshman class, 1995; reelected to each succeeding Congress.


                  Office Listings
 
                       http://www.house.gov/wicker
 
2455 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-4306
 20515.................................................
  Chief of Staff.--John Keast.
500 West Main Street, Suite 210, P.O. Box 1482, Tupelo,   (662) 844-5437
 MS 38802..............................................
  Administrative Assistant / Press Secretary.--Kyle
   Steward.
8700 Northwest Drive, Suite 102, P.O. Box 70,             (662) 342-3942
 Southaven, MS 38671...................................
1360 Sunset Drive, Suite 2, Grenada, MS 38901..........   (662) 294-1321
523 Main Street, Columbus, MS 39701....................   (662) 327-0748
 

Counties: Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, DeSoto, 
        Grenada, Ittawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Lowndes, Marshall, Monroe, 
        Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union, 
        Webster (part), Winston (part), Yalobusha. Population (2000), 
        711,160.
ZIP Codes: 38601-03, 38606, 38610-11, 38618-21, 38625, 38627, 38629, 
        38632-35, 38637-38, 38641-42, 38647, 38649-52, 38654-55, 38658-
        59, 38661, 38663, 38665-66, 38668, 38670-74, 38677, 38679-80, 
        38683, 38685-86, 38801-04, 38820-21, 38824-29, 38833-35, 38838-
        39, 38841, 38843-44, 38846-52, 38854-60, 38862-66, 38868-71, 
        38873-80, 38901-02, 38913-16, 38920, 38922, 38925-27, 38929, 
        38940, 38948-49, 38951, 38953, 38955, 38960-61, 38965, 39108, 
        39339, 39701-05, 39710, 39730, 39735-37, 39740-41, 39743-46, 
        39750-56, 39759, 39766-67, 39769, 
        39771-73, 39776

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                             SECOND DISTRICT

    BENNIE G. THOMPSON, Democrat, of Bolton, MS; born in Bolton, January 
28, 1948; 
education: 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; 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; committees: ranking member, Homeland 
Security; 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.................................................
  Administrative Assistant.--Marsha G. McCraven.           FAX: 225-5898
  Communications Director.--Lanier Avant.
  Office Manager.--Tara Smith.
107 West Madison Street, P.O. Box 610, Bolton, MS 39041-  (601) 866-9003
 0610..................................................
  District Director.--Charlie Horhn.
3607 Medgar Evers Boulevard, Jackson, MS 39213.........   (601) 982-8582
263 East Main Street, Marks, MS 38646..................   (662) 326-9003
Mound Bayou City Hall, Room 134, 106 West Green Street,   (662) 741-9003
 Mound Bayou, MS 38762.................................
509 Highway 82 West, Greenwood, MS 38930...............   (662) 455-9003
910 Courthouse Lane, Greenville, MS 38701..............   (662) 335-9003
 

Counties: Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma, Copiah, Hinds 
        (part), Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Leake (part), 
        Leflore, Madison (part), Montgomery, Quitman, Sharkey, 
        Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Yazoo. 
        Population (2000), 711,164.

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ZIP Codes: 38606, 38609, 38614, 38617, 38621-23, 38626, 38628, 38630-31, 
        38639, 38643-46, 38664-65, 38669-70, 38676, 38701-04, 38720-23, 
        38725-26, 38730-33, 38736-40, 38744-46, 38748-49, 38751, 38753-
        54, 38756, 38758-62, 38764-65, 38767-69, 38771-74, 38776, 38778, 
        38780-82, 38901, 38912, 38917, 38920-21, 38923-25, 38927-28, 
        38930, 38935, 38940-41, 38943-48, 38950, 38952-54, 38957-59, 
        38961-64, 38966-67, 39038-41, 39045-46, 39051, 39054, 39056, 
        39058-61, 39063, 39066-67, 39069, 39071-72, 39077-79, 39083, 
        39086, 39088, 39090, 39095-97, 39107-08, 39110, 39113, 39115, 
        39120, 39144, 39146, 39150, 39154, 39156-57, 39159-60, 39162-63, 
        39166, 39169-71, 39173-77, 39179-83, 39191-92, 39194, 39201-07, 
        39209-10, 39212-13, 39215-17, 39225, 39235, 39269, 
        39271-72, 39282-84, 39286, 39289, 39296, 39653, 39661, 39668, 
        39745, 39747, 39767

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                             THIRD DISTRICT

    CHARLES W. (CHIP) PICKERING, Jr., Republican, of Laurel, MS; born in 
Laurel, August 10, 1963; education: B.A., Business Administration, 
University of Mississippi, 1986; M.B.A., Baylor University; 
professional: 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; Congressional Wireless Caucus; married: the former Leisha Jane 
Prather; children: Will, Ross, Jackson, Asher, and Harper; assistant 
whip at large; committees: Energy and Commerce; subcommittees: Energy 
and Air Quality; Health; Oversight and Investigations; 
Telecommunications and the Internet; elected to the 105th 
Congress; reelected to each succeeding Congress.


                  Office Listings
 
                     http://www.house.gov/pickering
 
229 Cannon House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515.   (202) 225-5031
  Chief of Staff.--Susan Butler.                           FAX: 225-5797
  Press Secretary.--Brian Perry.
  Legislative Director.--Mike Hurst.
  Scheduler.--Marcy Scoggins.
110-D Airport Road, Pearl, MS 39208....................   (601) 932-2410
  District Director.--Stanley Shows.
823 22nd Avenue, Meridian, MS 39301....................   (601) 693-6681
  Staff Assistants: Lynne Compton, Carol Mabry.
1 Research Boulevard, Suite 206, Starkville, MS 39759..   (662) 324-0007
  District Representative.--Henry Moseley.
230 South Whitworth Street, Brookhaven, MS 39601.......   (601) 823-3400
  Staff Assistant.--Mary Martha Dixon.
308 Franklin Street, Natchez, MS 39120.................   (601) 442-2515
 

Counties: Adans, Amite, Covington, Franklin, Hinds (part), Jasper 
        (part), Jeff Davis, Jones (part), Kemper, Lauderdale, Lawrence, 
        Leake (part), Lincoln, Madison (part), Marion (part), Neshoba, 
        Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Pike, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith, 
        Walthall, Webster (part), Wilkinson, Winston. Population (2000), 
        711,164.
ZIP Codes: 39041-44, 39046-47, 39051, 39057, 39062, 39069, 39071, 39073-
        74, 39078, 39080, 39082-83, 39087, 39090, 39092, 39094, 39098, 
        39108-12, 39114, 39116-17, 39119-22, 39130, 39140, 39145, 39148-
        49, 39151-53, 39157-58, 39161, 39165, 39167-68, 39189-91, 39193, 
        39202, 39206, 39208-09, 39211, 39213, 39216, 39218, 39232, 
        39236, 39288, 39298, 39301-05, 39307, 39309, 39320, 39323, 
        39325-28, 39332, 39335-39, 39341-42, 39345-46, 39350, 39352, 
        39354, 39358-59, 39361, 39364-65, 39402, 39421-22, 39427-29, 
        39439, 39443, 39460, 39474, 39478-80, 39482-83, 39601-03, 39629-
        33, 39635, 39638, 39641, 39643, 39645, 39647-49, 39652-54, 
        39656-57, 39661-69, 39701, 39735, 39739, 39743, 39750, 39755, 
        39759-60, 39762, 39769

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                             FOURTH DISTRICT

    GENE TAYLOR, Democrat, of Bay St. Louis, MS; born in New Orleans, 
LA, 
September 17, 1953; education: 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; Rotary; Boys and Girls Club 
of the Gulf Coast; married the former Margaret Gordon, 1978; children: 
Sarah, Emily, Gary; committees: Armed Services; Transportation and 
Infrastructure; 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.

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                  Office Listings
 
                     http://www.house.gov/genetaylor
 
2311 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-5772
 20515.................................................
  Chief of Staff.--Stephen Peranich.                       FAX: 225-7074
  Legislative Director.--Stacy Ballow.
  Executive Assistant.--Courtney Littig.
2424 Fourteenth Street, Gulfport, MS 39501.............   (228) 864-7670
  District Manager.--Beau Gex.
215 Federal Building, 701 Main Street, Hattiesburg, MS    (601) 582-3246
 39401.................................................
1314 Government Street, Ocean Springs, MS 39564........   (228) 872-7950
527 Central Avenue, Laurel, MS 39440...................   (601) 425-3905
 

Counties: Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, 
        Jasper (part), Jones, Lamar, Marion (part), Pearl River, Perry, 
        Stone, Wayne. Cities and townships: Biloxi, Gulfport, 
        Hattiesburg, Laurel, and Pascagoula. Population (2000), 711,170.
ZIP Codes: 39301, 39307, 39322, 39324, 39330, 39332, 39347-48, 39355-56, 
        39360, 39362-63, 39366-67, 39401-04, 39406, 39422-23, 39425-26, 
        39429, 39436-37, 39439-43, 39451-52, 39455-57, 39459, 39461-66, 
        39470, 39475-78, 39480-82, 39501-03, 39505-07, 39520-22, 39525, 
        39529-35, 39540, 39552-53, 39555-56, 39558, 39560-69, 
        39571-74, 39576-77, 39581, 39595