Jamie L. Whitten
| Jamie L. Whitten | |
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| 42nd Dean of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | George H. Mahon |
| Succeeded by | John Dingell |
| Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee | |
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In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1993 |
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| Speaker |
Tip O'Neill Jim Wright Tom Foley |
| Preceded by | George H. Mahon |
| Succeeded by | William H. Natcher |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Mississippi |
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In office November 4, 1941 – January 3, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Wall Doxey |
| Succeeded by | Roger Wicker |
| Constituency |
2nd district (1941–73) 1st district (1973–95) |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives | |
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In office 1931–1932 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jamie Lloyd Whitten April 18, 1910 Cascilla, Mississippi |
| Died | September 9, 1995 (aged 85) Oxford, Mississippi |
| Political party | Democratic |
Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910 – September 9, 1995) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995. He was at the time of his departure the longest-serving U.S. Representative ever (since surpassed by John Dingell) and the second-longest serving member of Congress ever (since surpassed by Dingell, Robert Byrd and Daniel Inouye). He is the longest-serving member ever of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Mississippi.
Jamie Whitten was born in Cascilla, Mississippi. He attended local public schools and the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He worked as a school teacher and principal, and was elected as a Democrat to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served in 1931 and 1932. He attained admission to the bar in 1932, and from 1933 to 1941 he was District Attorney of Mississippi's 17th District, which included his home county of Tallahatchie.
In 1941, Whitten was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in a special election to represent the state's 2nd District, in the northern part of the state. The seat had come open as a result of incumbent Congressman Wall Doxey's election to the United States Senate. He was elected to a full term in 1942 and was re-elected 25 more times.
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