Roger Wicker

Roger Wicker
Roger Wicker
	Wicker in 2025
United States Senator; from Mississippi
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; December 31, 2007 Serving with Cindy Hyde-Smith
Preceded by	Trent Lott
Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 3, 2021
Preceded by	Maria Cantwell
Chair of the Senate Commerce Committee
	In office; January 3, 2019 – February 3, 2021
Preceded by	John Thune
Succeeded by	Maria Cantwell
Chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee
	In office; January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Leader	Mitch McConnell
Preceded by	Jerry Moran
Succeeded by	Cory Gardner
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Mississippi's 1st district
	In office; January 3, 1995 – December 31, 2007
Preceded by	Jamie Whitten
Succeeded by	Travis Childers
Member of the Mississippi Senate; from the 6th district
	In office; January 5, 1988 – January 3, 1995
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Alan Nunnelee
Personal details
Born	Roger Frederick Wicker; July 5, 1951 (age 74); Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Gayle Long (m. 1975)
Children	3
Education	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)
Website	Senate website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Air Force
Years of service	1976–2004
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Unit	Air Force Judge Advocate General's Corps

Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951 in Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States) is a senior United States Senator from Mississippi. He took over Mississippi's first congressional district soon after Jamie L. Whitten's death in 1995.

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