Roger Wicker
Appearance
Roger Wicker | |
---|---|
United States Senator from Mississippi | |
Assumed office December 31, 2007 Serving with Cindy Hyde-Smith | |
Preceded by | Trent Lott |
Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee | |
Assumed office February 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Maria Cantwell |
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee | |
In office January 3, 2019 – February 3, 2021 | |
Preceded by | John Thune |
Succeeded by | Maria Cantwell |
Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee | |
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 | |
Leader | Mitch McConnell |
Preceded by | Jerry Moran |
Succeeded by | Cory Gardner |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1995 – December 31, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Jamie Whitten |
Succeeded by | Travis Childers |
Member of the Mississippi Senate from the 6th district | |
In office January 5, 1988 – January 3, 1995 | |
Preceded by | Constituency established |
Succeeded by | Alan Nunnelee |
Personal details | |
Born | Roger Frederick Wicker July 5, 1951 Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.[1] |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) |
Gayle Long (m. 1975) |
Children | 3 |
Education | University of Mississippi (BA, JD) |
Website | Senate website |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Air Force |
Years of service | 1976–2004 |
Rank | Lieutenant colonel |
Unit | Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps |
Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States) is a senior United States Senator from Mississippi. He took over Mississippi's first congressional district soon after Jamie L. Whitten's death in 1995.
References
[change | change source]Other websites
[change | change source]- Media related to Roger Wicker at Wikimedia Commons
- Official U.S. Senate Site
Categories:
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Lawyers from Mississippi
- Military people from Mississippi
- American colonels
- People from Pontotoc, Mississippi
- State legislators of the United States
- United States representatives from Mississippi
- United States senators from Mississippi
- Republican Party (United States) politicians
- 20th-century American politicians
- 21st-century American politicians