    Congressional Directory for the 110th Congress (2007-2008), August 2008.
    [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; 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 three grandchildren; committees: Agriculture, Nutrition,
    and Forestry; Appropriations; Rules and Administration; elected to the
    93rd Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to 94th and 95th Congresses;
    chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, 1990-96; 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.--Jenny Manley.
      Legislative Director.--T.A. Hawks.
      Press Secretary.--Margaret Wicker.
      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

                                     *  *  *

        TRENT LOTT, Republican, of Pascagoula, MS; born in Grenada, MS,
    October 9, 1941; son of Chester P. and Iona (Watson) Lott; education:
    B.P.A., 1963, J.D., 1967, University of Mississippi; 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; committees: Commerce, Science, and
    Transportation; Finance; Rules and Administration; elected to the 93rd
    Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to each succeeding Congress;
    Republican Whip, 1995-96; Senate Republican Leader, 1996-2003;
    committees: Republican Whip; Commerce, Science and Transportation;
    Finance; Rules and Administration; elected to the U.S. Senate on
    November 8, 1988; 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.--Bret Boyles.                            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
    3118 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

                                 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;

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    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 Hall of Fame; 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; Republican Policy Committee;
    Deputy Republican Whip; 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

    2350 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-4306
     20515.................................................
      Chief of Staff.--Michelle Barlow.                        FAX: 225-3549
      Legislative Director.--Susan Sweat.
      Press Secretary.--Kyle Steward.
      Scheduler.--Ariel Owens.
    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

                                     *  *  *

                                 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;
    professional: teacher; Bolton Board of Aldermen, 1969-73; mayor of
    Bolton, 1973-79; Hinds County Board of Supervisors, 1980-93;
    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; married to the
    former London Johnson, Ph.D.; one daughter: BendaLonne; committees:
    chair, Homeland Security; elected to the 103rd Congress in a special
    election; reelected to each succeeding Congress.

                      Office Listings

                          http://www.house.gov/thompson

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

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            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

                                     *  *  *

                                 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; committees:
    Energy and Commerce; 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 Lipski.
      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.

                      Office Listings

                         http://www.house.gov/genetaylor

    2269 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 225-5772
     20515.................................................

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      Chief of Staff.--Stephen Peranich.                       FAX: 225-7074
      Legislative Director.--Courtney Littig.
      Executive Assistant.--Elizabeth Harris.
    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