Charles Pickering Republican - MS

PICKERING, Charles W. (Chip), Jr., a Representative from Mississippi; born in Laurel, Jones County, Miss., August 10, 1963; graduated from R.H. Watkins High School, Laurel, Miss.; B.A., University of Mississippi, University, Miss., 1986; M.B.A., Baylor University, Waco, Tex., 1989; staff for United States Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, 1992-1996; United States Department of Agriculture, 1989-1990; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2009); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eleventh Congress in 2008.