Jamie L. Whitten
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Jamie Lloyd Whitten (April 18, 1910 – September 9, 1995) was a United States Representative from Mississippi.
Jamie Whitten was born in Cascilla, Mississippi. After his graduation from the University of Mississippi, he briefly served as an educator before joining the bar in 1932.
In 1941, Whitten was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in a special election. He was subsequently elected to the next 26 Congresses. Throughout most of his tenure in the House, Whitten served on the Appropriations Committee, ultimately serving as Chairman. His service from November 4, 1941 to January 3, 1995 set a record for length of service in the House.
The Jamie Whitten Historical Site is located at the bridge of the Natchez Trace Parkway over the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, two projects which Whitten had fought to fund over his tenure, overcoming serious opposition to their construction. He was also noted as the author of For Us, the Living, written largely as a pro-development, pro-chemical pesticide answer to Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, the seminal 1962 book which helped to spur the modern environmental movement.
Whitten died on September 9, 1995 in Oxford, Mississippi.Template:US-politician-stub