Trent Lott
U.S. Congressperson
1941 –
Who is Trent Lott?
Chester Trent Lott, Sr. is a former United States Senator from Mississippi, who served in numerous leadership positions in both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He entered Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.
Lott entered Congress in 1968 as an administrative assistant to Representative William M. Colmer of Mississippi, who was also the chairman of the House Rules Committee. Upon Colmer's retirement, Lott won Colmer's former seat in the House of Representatives. In 1988, Lott ran successfully for the U.S. Senate to replace another retiree, John Stennis. After Republicans took the majority in the Senate, Lott became Senate Majority Whip in 1995 and then Senate Majority Leader in 1996, upon the resignation of presidential nominee Bob Dole of Kansas.
On December 20, 2002, after significant controversy following comments regarding Strom Thurmond's presidential candidacy, Lott resigned as Senate Minority Leader. He resigned from the Senate in 2007 and Republican Roger Wicker won the 2008 special election to replace him.
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- Born
- Oct 9, 1941
Grenada - Also known as
- Sen. Trent Lott
- Chester Trent Lott, Sr.
- Parents
- Spouses
- Patricia Thompson Lott
(1964/12/27 - )
- Patricia Thompson Lott
- Children
- Religion
- Southern Baptist Convention
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- University of Mississippi
- University of Mississippi School of Law
- Lived in
- Grenada
- Pascagoula
- Mississippi
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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