Former U.S. Representative

Jamie L. WhittenNo longer serving

District MS‑1 Party Democratic In office 1941–1995

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Bills introduced

As sponsor, from the 107th Congress

Became law

Of the bills they introduced

Cosponsored

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

1,839

Roll calls tied to a bill

Floor speeches

In the Congressional Record, from 2001

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.

Record

Every recorded vote, bill and floor speech, newest first.

Recorded votes tied to a bill, including procedural motions on it such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 3221	On Passage	Yea	Apr 28, 1994
HR 3355	ON MOTION TO INSTRUCT CONFEREES	No	Apr 21, 1994
HR 4092	On Passage	Aye	Apr 21, 1994
HR 4092	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	No	Apr 21, 1994
HR 4092	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Not Voting	Apr 21, 1994
HR 4092	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Not Voting	Apr 21, 1994
HR 4092	On Agreeing to the Amendment	Not Voting	Apr 20, 1994
HR 4092	ON AGREEING TO THE AMENDMENT	Not Voting	Apr 20, 1994

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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 service is held from the 107th Congress onwards, dated from the House and Senate resolutions and Congressional Record notices that seat and remove members. Subcommittee assignments are made inside each committee and carry no official date, so a subcommittee seat is shown from the first to the last printed hearing, Congressional Directory edition or official roster that lists the member. 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.