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Chester Trent Lott, Sr. (Born on October 9, 1941), is a former United States Senator from Mississippi and has served in numerous leadership positions in the 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 for a century, rose to the position of Senate majority leader, then fell from power after praising Strom Thurmonds segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid in 1948.
Lott entered Congress in 1968 as an administrative assistant to Representative William M. Colmer of Mississippi, who was also House Rules Committee Chairman. After Colmer retired, Lott won Colmers former seat in the House of Representatives. In 1988, Lott ran for Senate to replace another retiree, Senator John Stennis, and won. After Republicans took the majority in the Senate, Lott became Senate Majority Whip in 1995 and then Senate Majority Leader in 1996.
On December 20, 2002, after significant controversy following racially charged comments regarding Strom Thurmonds presidential candidacy, Lott resigned as Senate Minority Leader. In December 2007, he resigned from the Senate and became a Washington-based lobbyist. Republican Roger Wicker won the 2008 special election (United States Senate special election in Mississippi, 2008) to replace him.
Honorific-prefix: The Honorable,
Nationality: American
Jr/sr: United States Senator
State: Mississippi
Party: Republican (Republican Party (United States))
Preceded: John Stennis
Date of birth: 1941-10-09
Birth Location: Grenada, Mississippi, Grenada, Mississippi
Dead: alive
Residence: Pascagoula, Mississippi
Law School: University of Mississippi, 1967
Spouse: Patricia Thompson Lott
Children: Chester Trent Lott, Jr.,Tyler Lott
Alma Mater: University of Mississippi
State8: Mississippi
In office: January 3, 1989-December 18, 2007
Succeeded by: Roger Wicker
United States Senate Majority Leader
In office: January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001
Predceded by: Tom Daschle
Succeeded by: Tom Daschle
In office: June 12, 1996-January 3, 2001
Predceded by: Bob Dole
Succeeded by: Tom Daschle
United States Senate Minority Leader
In office: January 3, 2001-January 20, 2001,June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003
Predceded by: Tom Daschle
Succeeded by: Tom Daschle
United States Senate Minority Whip
In office: January 4, 2007-December 18, 2007
Predceded by: Dick Durbin
Succeeded by: Jon Kyl
United States Senate Majority Whip
In office: January 3, 1995-June 12, 1996
Predceded by: Wendell Ford
Succeeded by: Don Nickles
U.S. House Minority Whip (Party Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives)
In office: January 3, 1981-January 3, 1989
Predceded by: Robert H. Michel
Succeeded by: Dick Cheney
5th (Mississippi's 5th congressional district)
In office: January 3, 1973-January 3, 1989
Predceded by: William M. Colmer
Succeeded by: Larkin I. Smith