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Trent Lott

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Trent Lott
Senate Majority Leader
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
DeputyDon Nickles
Preceded byTom Daschle
Succeeded byTom Daschle
In office
June 12, 1996 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byBob Dole
Succeeded byTom Daschle
Senate Minority Leader
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
DeputyDon Nickles
Preceded byTom Daschle
Succeeded byTom Daschle
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
DeputyDon Nickles
Preceded byTom Daschle
Succeeded byTom Daschle
Senate Minority Whip
In office
January 3, 2007 – December 18, 2007
LeaderMitch McConnell
Preceded byDick Durbin
Succeeded byJon Kyl
Senate Majority Whip
In office
January 3, 1995 – June 12, 1996
LeaderBob Dole
Preceded byWendell Ford
Succeeded byDon Nickles
United States Senator
from Mississippi
In office
January 3, 1989 – December 18, 2007
Preceded byJohn C. Stennis
Succeeded byRoger Wicker
House Minority Whip
In office
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989
LeaderRobert H. Michel
Preceded byRobert H. Michel
Succeeded byDick Cheney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1973 – January 3, 1989
Preceded byWilliam M. Colmer
Succeeded byLarkin I. Smith
Personal details
Born
Chester Trent Lott

(1941-10-09) October 9, 1941 (age 83)
Grenada, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyRepublican (1972–present)
Other political
affiliations
Democratic (before 1972)
Spouse(s)Patricia Thompson
Children2
EducationUniversity of Mississippi (BPA, JD)
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Chester Trent Lott, Sr. (born October 9, 1941) is an American politician. He is a former United States Senator from Mississippi. He was a member of both the United States House of Representatives and the Senate. He became Senate Majority Leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.[1]

References

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  1. Edsall, Thomas B.; Faler, Brian (December 11, 2002). "Lott Remarks on Thurmond Echoed 1980 Words". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2010.

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