Roger Wicker
| Roger Wicker | |||
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| Senior U.S. Senator from Mississippi From: December 31, 2007 – present | |||
| Predecessor | Trent Lott | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 1st Congressional District From: January 4, 1995 – December 31, 2007 | |||
| Predecessor | Jamie Whitten | ||
| Successor | Travis Childers | ||
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| Party | Republican | ||
| Spouse(s) | Gayle Wicker | ||
| Religion | Baptist | ||
Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951 in Pontotoc, Mississippi) is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party. After being appointed by Governor Haley Barbour in December 2007 upon the resignation of Senator Trent Lott, Wicker was elected in his own right in 2008 to complete the remainder of the term with 55% of the vote. He would win re-election in 2012, 2018, and 2024, easily defeating his opponents in the predominantly Republican state.
He has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 87.3% of the time during the current Congress.[1]
For the 119th Congress Wicker serves on the following Senate Committees:
- Armed Services (where he is the chair; by rule he is ex officio a member of all its subcommittees)
- Commerce, Science and Transportation
- Environment and Public Works
- Rules
In addition, he serves as the chair of the Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Prior to serving in the Senate, Roger represented Mississippi's First Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives, having been elected in the 1994 Republican Revolution and reelected six times.
In 2013 a letter with ricin was sent to Wicker. It was intercepted by the FBI. The transmitter is unknown.[2]
