Roger Wicker

Politician

Birthday July 5, 1951

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Mississippi

Age 72 years old

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About

Republican politician who became a U.S. senator from Mississippi in 2007 after serving in the U.S. House of Representatives for twelve years.

Before Fame

He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science and a law degree from the University of Mississippi before serving as an officer in the United States Air Force from 1976 to 1980.

Trivia

He was a member of the Senate Republicans’ whip team and has repeatedly introduced a bill to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court's ruling that legalized abortion.

Family Life

He had three children with his wife Gayle.

Associated With

He began his political career as a member of Trent Lott's political counsel and later succeeded him as a Senator from Mississippi.