Members of Congress / Jamie Whitten

Biographical Information

WHITTEN, Jamie Lloyd, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Miss., April 18, 1910; attended the public schools and the literary and law departments of the University of Mississippi at Oxford; was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced the practice at Charleston, Miss.; principal of the Cowart School in Tallahatchie County, Miss., in 1930 and 1931; member of the State house of representatives in 1931 and 1932; elected district attorney of the seventeenth district of Mississippi, 1933-1941; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress by special election, November 4, 1941, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wall Doxey; reelected to the twenty-six succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1941, to January 3, 1995; not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress; cochairman, Joint Committee on Budget Control (Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses); chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-sixth through One Hundred Second Congresses); died in Oxford, Miss., on September 9, 1995. (Source.)

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Roles in Congress

· 103rd Congress: Representative, Mississippi (Dist. 1), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1993, to Jan. 3, 1995.
· 102nd Congress: Representative, Mississippi (Dist. 1), Democratic. Jan. 3, 1991, to Jan. 3, 1993.

Last Votes

Date	Vote	Position	GOP opinion	DEM opinion
11/29/94	Vote 507: H R 5110: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	Yes	Yes	Yes
11/29/94	Vote 506: On Approving the Journal	Yes	No	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 505: H RES 579: Providing for the Adoption of H. Res. 578	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 504: S 1569: Minority Health Improvement Act of 1994	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/7/94	Vote 503: S 455	Not Voting	No	No
10/7/94	Vote 502: S 455	Not Voting	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 501: H RES 568: Waiving Points of Order Against the Conference Report on S. 21	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 500: H J RES 416: Limited Authorization of U.S. Troops in Haiti	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 499: H J RES 416	Not Voting	No	No
10/6/94	Vote 498: H J RES 416	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 497: H J RES 416	Not Voting	Yes	No
10/6/94	Vote 496: Call in Committee	Not Voting	Present	Present
10/6/94	Vote 495: H RES 570: Providing for Further Consideration of H.J. Res 416; Limited Authorization of U.S. Troops in Haiti	Not Voting	No	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 494: H R 4278: Social Security Act Amendments of 1994	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/6/94	Vote 493: H RES 565: Providing for the Consideration of S. 455	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 492: H RES 564: Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 5110, General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade	Not Voting	Yes	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 491: S 1225: U.S. = Mexico Border Health Commission	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 490: S 1919: Rio Puerco Watershed Act 0f 1994	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 489: H R 4533: National Park Service Entrepreneurial Management Reform Act	Yes	No	Yes
10/5/94	Vote 488: H R 5139: Postal Service Reemployment	Yes	No	Yes

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