The Trent Lott

Chester the Trent Lott Jr (born in 1941) is senator of the the Mississippi, member of the Republican party, former chief of the Republican majority to the senate of 1996 with 2002 and " Chief Whip" republicans with the Senate as from January 2007.

Born the October 9th 1941, in Grenada in the Mississippi, graduate of public administration, the Trent Lott its political career with the Chambre of the Representatives of the United States in 1972 began where it represented during 16 years the state of the Mississippi before being elected senator of the the United States in November 1988 and since constantly re-elected.

Become chief of the Republican majority to the senate in 1996, succeeding Robert Pares, it starts with Newt Gingrich the president of the room of the representatives the reform of the medical assistance in 1996.

The December 20th 2002, at the time of the retirement of Strom Thurmond, it makes a tinted speech of segregationist nostalgia which it thereafter constrained to resign of its post of head of the Republican majority, under the pressure of George W. Bush. It is Bill Frist, senator of the Tennessee, which succeeds to him the post of head of the Republican majority.

Since, remained relatively discrete, Lott left in 2004 its reserve to criticize the action of the secretary to defense Donald Rumsfeld and to require her resignation. He was also opposed to the decision of president Bush to close the military bases located in his state of the Mississippi.

He is re-elected in 2006 at his post of senator with 64% of the voices compared with 35% with his democratic adversary, Erik Fleming.

Following its re-election, the republican committee of the senate elected Lott like " chief whip" (in charge of the discipline of vote), marking its back in favor and making of him the number two of the republicans with the Congress. It succeeded thus Mitch McConnell, senator of the Kentucky, which was promoted leader of the republican minority to the Senate in the 110e legislature.

The Trent Lott is father of 2 children and grandfather of 4 grandchildren. He is a advanced member of freemasonry.

Discussed declaration of the Trent Lott

"I want to say this butt my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted for him. We' Re proud off it. And yew the rest off the country had followed our lead, we wouldn' T cuts had all thesis problems over all thesis years, either."

In French: " I want to say this in connection with my state: When Storm Thrumond was presented to the presidency, we voted for him. We are proud. And if the remainder of the country had followed us, we would not have had all these problems since such an amount of year, d'ailleurs."

The Trent Lott, December 5th, 2002

See too

List of the senators of the United States of America

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