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Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910 – September 9, 1995) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented his native state of 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.
Sep 10, 1995 · JAMIE WHITTEN DIES AT 85. SERVED LONGEST IN HOUSE. By J.Y. Smith. September 9, 1995 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Jamie L. Whitten, 85, a retired Mississippi Democrat who chaired the House...
Sep 10, 1995 · Jamie L. Whitten, a son of the Old South who made a smooth transition to the New South as a Democratic Congressman from Mississippi for 53 years -- the record for the longest service in the...
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Sep 9, 1995 · 42nd President of the United States: 1993 ‐ 2001. Statement on the Death of Jamie Whitten. September 09, 1995. It is with deep regret that I learned today of the death of former Congressman and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee Jamie Whitten.
Sep 10, 1995 · Former Rep. Jamie Lloyd Whitten, who served a record 53 years in the House, died Saturday. He was 85. Whitten, a Mississippi Democrat who retired in 1994, died of complications of chronic...
May 18, 2022 · The Jamie Whitten Building, named in 1994, honors a member of Congress who started his career by eliminating a federal agency because its studies encouraged “racial intermingling” and ended it by referring to Mike Espy, a Black member of Congress and future secretary of agriculture, as “boy.”
May 10, 2024 · Rep. Jamie Whitten. Former Representative for Mississippi’s 1 st District. Whitten was the representative for Mississippi ’s 1 st congressional district and was a Democrat. He served from 1973 to 1994. He was previously the representative for Mississippi ’s 2 nd congressional district as a Democrat from 1941 to 1972. Bioguide.
