Roger Wicker

Roger Wicker
Official portrait, 2018
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 Armed Services Committee
Incumbent
Assumed office January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Jim Inhofe
Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee
In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by	Maria Cantwell
Succeeded by	Ted Cruz
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 (1951-07-05) July 5, 1951 (age 72) Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.[1]
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Gayle Long ​ (m. 1975)​
Children	3
Residence(s)	Tupelo, Mississippi, U.S.
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 Wicker's voice Roger Wicker on his support for the United States Innovation and Competition Act Recorded May 20, 2021

Roger Frederick Wicker (born July 5, 1951) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Mississippi, a seat he has held since 2007. A member of the Republican Party, Wicker was a Mississippi State Senator from 1988 to 1995 and the U.S. Representative from Mississippi's 1st congressional district from 1995 until 2007.

Born in Pontotoc, Mississippi, Wicker is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and the University of Mississippi School of Law. He was an officer in the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1980 and a member of the United States Air Force Reserves from 1980 to 2003. During the 1980s, he worked as a political counselor to then-Congressman Trent Lott on the House Rules Committee. In 1987, Wicker was elected to the Mississippi State Senate, representing the 6th district, which included Tupelo.

Wicker was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994, succeeding longtime Representative Jamie Whitten. Wicker served in the House from 1995 to 2007, when he was appointed to the Senate by Governor Haley Barbour to fill the seat vacated by Lott. Wicker subsequently won a special election for the remainder of the term in 2008 and was reelected to a full term in 2012. Wicker served as chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee from 2015 to 2017 and is a deputy Republican whip. He was reelected in 2018, defeating Democratic nominee David Baria.