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Trent Lott, in full Chester Trent Lott, (born Oct. 9, 1941, Grenada, Miss., U.S.), American Republican politician who represented Mississippi in the U.S. House of Representatives (1973–89) and in the U.S. Senate (1989–2007). The son of a shipyard worker, Lott grew up in the coastal town of Pascagoula, Miss. He earned both bachelor’s (1963 ...

Mississippi’s Trent Lott came to Capitol Hill in 1968 to work as an administrative assistant for Representative William Colmer. When Colmer retired in 1972, Lott succeeded him and served eight terms in the House, including eight years as Republican Whip.

The prominent Washington law and lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs fired former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, one of its top lobbyists, on Monday as Lott was preparing to decamp for another...

Trent Lott was just 7 in 1948 when Strom Thurmond ran his Dixiecrat campaign for president. In Mississippi at the time and for many years afterward, racist rhetoric was a sure-fire vote-getter.

Former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) on Tuesday said he was in negotiations to depart lobbying firm Squire Patton Boggs prior to the firm announcing they were severing ties with him, citing that it ...

Trent Lott is off the front pages now, and the sorry story of his humiliation is drifting into history. The press has even gone back to reporting on him with straight news stories that do not mention his disgrace. In January, he accepted the chairmanship of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and was likely to be named to the Select ...

Former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott said Joe Biden is the only Democrat he thinks would be competitive in the 2020 election against President Trump. “Joe will be able to perpetuate the image...

Lott resigned as Senate majority leader in 2003, amid outcry over his praise for Thurmond, who had run for president on a platform of opposing the “social intermingling of the races.” During a speech celebrating Thurmond’s 100th birthday, Lott had said, “I want to say this about my state: When Strom Thurmond ran for president, we voted ...