The addition of Wicker brings the total number of US
Representatives in the 110th Congress supporting federal legislation regulating the
rent to own industry to
61.
Congressman Wicker has served Mississippi's First
Congressional District since 1995. He was re-elected to a
seventh term in November 2006. Prior to going to Congress, he
was elected to two terms in the Mississippi State Senate,
serving from 1987-1994.
Wicker served on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and then
served in the Air Force Reserve. He retired from the Reserve in
2004 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. At the conclusion of
his active duty, he became Counsel to then-Congressman Trent
Lott on the House Rules Committee in 1980. In 1987, he became
the first Republican elected to the state Senate from North
Mississippi in the 20th century.
There have been 19 bills introduced since 1993 that would
regulate the rent to own industry at the federal level. None
have passed both houses of Congress (See
Rent to
Own Legislation 1993 to present).
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Wicker was
the first Republican elected to the state Senate from North
Mississippi in the 20th century.
