Roger Wicker (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from Mississippi. He assumed office on December 31, 2007. His current term ends on January 3, 2025.
Wicker (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent Mississippi. He declared candidacy for the 2024 election.
During the 116th Congress, Wicker was the highest ranking Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Wicker served seven terms, beginning in 1994, as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Mississippi's 1st Congressional District. He also served in the Mississippi State Senate on behalf of Mississippi's Lee and Pontotoc Counties.
As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Wicker is an average Republican member of Congress, meaning he will vote with the Republican Party on the majority of bills.
Wicker was born in 1951 in Pontotoc, Miss., where he also attended high school. He earned his B.A. from the University of Mississippi in 1973 and his J.D. from the same institution in 1975. Prior to his political career, Wicker worked as an attorney.
