Former U.S. Representative

Jamie L. WhittenNo longer serving

District MS‑1 Party Democratic In office 1941–1995

Fact sheet
Official portrait of Jamie L. Whitten
Cosponsored
0

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes
1,839

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Biography

A Representative from Mississippi. Born in Cascilla, Tallahatchie County, Miss. , April 18, 1910. Attended the public schools and the literary and law departments of the University of Mississippi at Oxford. Was admitted to the bar in 1932 and commenced the practice at Charleston, Miss. Principal of the Cowart School in Tallahatchie County, Miss. , in 1930 and 1931. Member of the State house of representatives in 1931 and 1932. Elected district attorney of the seventeenth district of Mississippi, 1933-1941. Elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress by special election, November 4, 1941, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Wall Doxey. Reelected to the twenty-six succeeding Congresses and served from November 4, 1941, to January 3, 1995. Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress. Cochairman, Joint Committee on Budget Control (Ninety-second and Ninety-third Congresses). Chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-sixth through One Hundred Second Congresses). Died in Oxford, Miss. , on September 9, 1995. Interment in Charleston Cemetery, Charleston, Miss.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

BillQuestionVotedDate
HR 5110On PassageYeaNov 29, 1994
HRES 579On Agreeing to the ResolutionNot VotingOct 7, 1994
S 1569On Agreeing to the Conference ReportNot VotingOct 7, 1994
S 455On Agreeing to the AmendmentNot VotingOct 7, 1994
S 455On Agreeing to the AmendmentNot VotingOct 7, 1994
HRES 568On Agreeing to the ResolutionNot VotingOct 6, 1994
HJRES 416On PassageNot VotingOct 6, 1994
HJRES 416On Agreeing to the AmendmentNot VotingOct 6, 1994

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

No sponsored bills on file.

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

No cosponsored bills on file.

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.