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Trent Lott

American politician
Also known as: Chester Trent Lott
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Trent Lott (born Oct. 9, 1941, Grenada, Miss., U.S.) is an 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) and law (1967) degrees from the University of Mississippi. In 1967 he got his start in politics when he worked on the successful gubernatorial...

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