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Jamie Whitten (Jamie Lloyd Whitten) was born on 18 April, 1910 in Cascilla, Mississippi, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Jamie Whitten's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

Popular As Jamie Lloyd Whitten
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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 18 April 1910
Birthday 18 April
Birthplace Cascilla, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of death 9 September, 1995
Died Place Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1910

Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910 – September 9, 1995) was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented the state of Mississippi in the United States House of Representatives from 1941 to 1995.

He was at the time of his departure the longest-serving U.S. Representative ever.

1931

He worked as a school teacher and principal and was elected as a Democrat to the Mississippi House of Representatives, where he served in 1931 and 1932.

1932

He attained admission to the bar in 1932, and from 1933 to 1941 he was District Attorney of Mississippi's 17th District, which included his home county of Tallahatchie.

1941

In 1941, Whitten was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in a special election to represent the state's 2nd District, in the northern part of the state.

The seat had come open as a result of incumbent Congressman Wall Doxey's election to the United States Senate.

His service from November 4, 1941, to January 3, 1995 set a record for length of service in the House, which remained unbroken until February 11, 2009, when Michigan Congressman John Dingell surpassed it.

Whitten is also the 5th longest-serving Congressman (House and/or Senate) behind Daniel Inouye, Carl T. Hayden, Robert Byrd and John Dingell.

1942

He was elected to a full term in 1942 and was re-elected 25 more times.

1949

Whitten had the support of the Democratic caucus and served as chair of the Appropriations subcommittee on agriculture (1949-1953 and 1954-1978).

1957

Along with virtually the entire Mississippi congressional delegation, he voted against the Civil Rights Acts of 1957, 1960, 1964, 1965 and 1968, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S Constitution.

Whitten later apologized for these votes, calling them a "mistake" caused by severe misjudgment.

1970

Whitten's district was renumbered as the 1st District after the 1970 Census.

As a champion for American farmers, he fought against the FDA's early 1970s recommendation of restricting the use of antibiotics in livestock.

He required that scientists prove the danger of antibiotic use.

Whitten was a New Dealer who supported most liberal spending issues.

He supported distribution of free food to the poor from surplus commodity stocks, school lunch programs and food stamps in coalition with urban Democrats.

Although Whitten represented a district that grew increasingly suburban and Republican from the 1970s onward, his opposition to Reagan's program did not affect him at the ballot box.

Indeed, his seniority and popularity resulted in his facing only "sacrificial lamb" opponents on the occasions he faced any opposition at all, even in years when Republican presidential candidates carried the district in landslides.

Nonetheless, it was taken for granted that he would be succeeded by a Republican when he retired.

Whitten was originally a segregationist, as were many of his colleagues from Mississippi and the rest of the South.

He signed the Southern Manifesto condemning the U.S. Supreme Court decision Brown vs. Board of Education, which desegregated public schools.

1977

In 1977 his subcommittee lost control of environmental issues.

1979

From 1979 to 1995, he was Dean of the U.S. House of Representatives.

He is the longest-serving member of Congress ever from Mississippi.

He was a New Deal liberal in economic matters, and took a leading role in Congress in forming national policy and spending regarding agriculture.

Whitten was the last-remaining member of the United States Congress to have served during the FDR administration.

Jamie Whitten was born in Cascilla, Mississippi.

He attended local public schools and the University of Mississippi where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

He was chair of the entire committee 1979-1992.

Throughout that period he had a decisive voice on agricultural spending and to a large extent on policies.

Throughout most of his tenure in the House, Whitten served on the Appropriations Committee, ultimately serving as chairman from the 1979 retirement of George H. Mahon until newly-elected Democrats in the House Democratic Caucus removed him in favor of William Huston Natcher after the 1992 election.

1980

In the 1980s he clashed with the conservative Reagan administration on policy matters.

He voted against Reagan's economic plans, tax cuts, increased defense spending, balanced budget initiative, tort reform, welfare reform, abortion restrictions, missile defense system, and the Persian Gulf War.

1985

In 1985, when then-junior Appropriations Committee member Dick Durbin spoke with Chairman Whitten about possibly sitting on the Budget Committee, Whitten told him, "Well, if you want to be on that committee, you can be on that committee, but I want you to remember one thing, the Budget Committee deals in hallucinations and the Appropriations Committee deals in facts."

1991

He voted for the Civil Rights Act of 1991.

1992

He lost his influence after suffering a debilitating stroke in February 1992.

1994

Declining to run for reelection to a historic 28th term in 1994, Whitten retired from the House as America's longest-serving Congressman (53 years and two months).

1995

He retired to his home in Oxford, Mississippi and died there on September 9, 1995, aged 85.

2018

While on the floor of the Senate on March 21, 2018, now Senator Durbin referred to that quote from Whitten as "Whitten's Law," which implies that the Budget Committee is a political branch that makes budget promises while the Appropriations Committee is obliged to either make or break those promises during the budget-making process.