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Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): John C. Stennis James O. Eastland Thad Cochran

Mississippi Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: George Poindexter, Pat Harrison, James Eastland, John C. Stennis Majority Leader: Trent Lott Minority Leader: Trent Lott Democratic Caucus Chairman: Hernando D. Money Republican Conference Chairman: Thad Cochran Party Whips: Trent Lott Republican Conference Secretary: Thad Cochran, Trent Lott Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Appropriations: John C. Stennis, Thad Cochran Armed Services: John C. Stennis Judiciary: James O. Eastland Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Thad Cochran Rules and Administration: Trent Lott
Mississippi Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: Jefferson Davis by Augustus Lukeman (Statuary Hall); James Z. George by Augustus Lukeman (Hall of Columns). Frescos: Columbia Welcoming the South Back into the Union, Secession and Products of the North and South, both by Constantino Brumidi (Office of the Vice President). Paintings: Discovery of the Mississippi by De Soto by William H. Powell (Rotunda). Blanche Kelso Bruce, by Simmie Lee Knox (Senate Wing).


	The National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol has statues donated by individual states. Learn more about your state's statues. Architect's Statuary Hall Web page


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