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'''Roger Frederick Wicker''' (born July 5, 1951 in Pontotoc, Mississippi) is the junior [[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 to a term in his own right in 2008 with 55% of the vote. He has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 87.3% of the time during the current [[Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/W000437/</ref>
'''Roger Frederick Wicker''' (born July 5, 1951 in Pontotoc, Mississippi) is the junior [[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 to a term in his own right in 2008 with 55% of the vote. He has voted with a majority of his Republican colleagues 87.3% of the time during the current [[Congress]].<ref>http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/W000437/</ref>
Wicker serves on the Committee on Armed Services, Commerce, Science and Transportation, Foreign Relations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Veterans' Affairs. 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.
Wicker serves on the Committee on Armed Services, Commerce, Science and Transportation, Foreign Relations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship and Veterans' Affairs. 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 could intercepted by the FBI. The transmitter is unknown.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/17/envelope-containing-ricin-sent-to-sen-wicker-lawmakers-say/</ref>
In 2013 a letter with ricin was sent to Wicker. It could intercepted by the FBI. The transmitter is unknown.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/17/envelope-containing-ricin-sent-to-sen-wicker-lawmakers-say/</ref>