Trent Lott
United States Senator from Mississippi · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1941 · age 85
Chester Trent Lott Sr. is an American lobbyist, lawyer, author, and politician who represented Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1973 to 1989 and in the United States Senate from 1989 to 2007.
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Lott with President Richard Nixon in 1973
Lott with President Ronald Reagan in 1982
Lott with President George W. Bush in 2001
Sen. Trent Lott with former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich (R-GA) at the 2004 Republican National Convention; both Lott and Gingrich provided consistent support to President George W. Bush
Lott's official Senate portrait
Lott with Cindy Hyde-Smith in 2018Awards
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Lott served in numerous leadership positions in both chambers of Congress as one of the first of a wave of Republicans winning seats in Southern states that had been solidly Democratic. Later in his career, he served twice as Senate Majority Leader, and also, alternately, Senate Minority Leader. In 2003, he stepped down from the position after controversy due to his praising of Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential bid.
