Jamie L. Whitten
Politician
Politician who was a Representative from Mississippi from 1979 to 1995. He was the Chairman of the Appropriations Committee from 1979 to 1992.
He attended the University of Mississippi.
When he retired in 1995 he was the second-lostest serving member of the US House of Representatives.
He had two children with his wife Rebecca Thompson.
He was an opponent of the Supreme Court's decision on Brown Vs. The Board of Education, a case which was won by Thurgood Marshall.