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{{Short description|American politician and businessman (born 1963)}}
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'''Charles "Chip" Willis Pickering, Jr.''' (born August 10, 1963) is a politician in the ] of ]. He represented {{ushr|Mississippi|3}} as a ] in the ]. '''Charles Willis '''"'''Chip'''"''' Pickering Jr.''' (born August 10, 1963) is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the ] (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=https://leadership.olemiss.edu/people/charles-chip-pickering/ |title=Charles "Chip" Pickering {{pipe}} Public Policy Leadership {{pipe}} Ole Miss |website=Department of Public Policy Leadership |publisher=]}}</ref>


Pickering represented {{ushr|Mississippi|3}} as a ] in the ] from 1997 to 2009.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite news |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-now/2007/08/pickering-announces-retirement-002674 |title=Pickering announces retirement |first=John |last=Bresnahan |work=] |date=August 17, 2007}}</ref>
In mid-August 2007, Pickering announced that he would not seek re-election in 2008<ref>{{cite news
|title=Editorial
|date=August 18, 2007
|work=Clarion-Ledger
}}</ref> due to insufficient attention to his family. Pickering was considered a top Republican contender if ] ] had retired in 2006, and was waiting a decision by Senator ] to make his re-election plans clear in 2008; it is widely suspected that Pickering's decision to leave Congress reflected Cochran's decision to run for re-election.<ref> to Clarion-Ledger web site</ref>


==Early life and education==
When ] announced his resignation as Senator from Mississippi, Pickering was rumored to be the likely appointee of ] ] to replace him. However, in December, Pickering announced that he was not interested in the post,<ref>{{cite news
Chip Pickering was born in ], to attorney ].<ref>{{cite web |title=AllPolitics/CQ - Freshmen of the 105th Congress |url=https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/states/frosh/9612/25/ |website=CNN |access-date=June 24, 2021}}</ref> He is a cousin of ], former ], Mississippi State Senator, and executive director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Ashton |last=Pittman |url=https://www.mississippifreepress.org/veterans-agency-director-stacey-pickering-resigns-but-reasons-unclear/ |title=Veterans Agency Director Stacey Pickering Resigns, But Reasons Unclear |work=Mississippi Free Press |date=May 17, 2022}}</ref>
|title=Pickering Removes Himself From Senate Consideration
|first=David
|last=Mark
|work=CBS News
|date=December 28, 2007
|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/12/28/politics/politico/thecrypt/main3654887.shtml
|accessdate=2008-05-18
}}</ref> and fellow Republican Congressman ], of {{ushr|Mississippi|1}}, was appointed to Lott's seat.


Pickering graduated with a ] in ] from the ] where he was a legacy member of the Eta chapter of ]. He went on to receive a ] from ] in 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/chippickering/page/1989 |title=Chip Pickering Articles – Political Columnist & Commentator |website=finance.townhall.com |access-date=February 26, 2016}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |title=Congressional Directory for the 110th Congress (2007-2008) |date=August 2008 |publisher=] |page=147 |url=https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/CDIR-2008-08-01 |access-date=March 19, 2024 |chapter=Charles W. <nowiki>''Chip''</nowiki> Pickering, Jr. |chapter-url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CDIR-2008-08-01/pdf/CDIR-2008-08-01-MS-H-3.pdf}}</ref>
==Early life==
Pickering was born in ]. His father is ] ], a Mississippi lawyer, former municipal judge, retired Federal Court Judge, and prominent Republican politician. Chip graduated from the ] where he was a legacy member of the Eta Chapter of ]. He went on to receive a Masters degree from ] in 1989.


==Career==
Pickering then very briefly served as a ] missionary to ], after the end of Hungarian government persecution of religious believers. In the same year, 1989, ] ] appointed Pickering as a ] liaison to the former European Communist countries. This appointment provided Pickering with official diplomatic immunity. After returning to the United States, Pickering served on the staff of ] ] from 1992 to 1996.
===Early years===
Pickering served as a ] missionary in ], after the Hungarian government ceased its persecution of religious believers.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}


In 1989, President ] appointed Pickering as a ] liaison to the former European Communist countries.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}
==U.S. House==
After a year as a government employee of the ], Pickering returned to Mississippi to run as the Republican candidate for the 3rd District. Congressman ], a 30-year ] incumbent, was not running for reelection. Pickering won by a wide margin. This was not regarded as an upset, as the 3rd has always been a rather conservative district; it actually elected a Republican in 1964 (when it was numbered as the 4th District), when ] won an unheard-of 87 percent of Mississippi's popular vote. It had become even more conservative since then, and it was generally believed that Montgomery would be succeeded by a Republican once he retired.


Pickering served as a staff member of ] ] between 1992 and 1996.<ref name=":0" /> He helped shape the ], the first major overhaul of US telecoms law since 1934.<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile in Public Service - Chip Pickering |url=http://www.stennis.gov/spotlights/spotlights_show.htm?doc_id=839904 |website=stennis.gov |access-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806214601/http://www.stennis.gov/spotlights/spotlights_show.htm?doc_id=839904 |archive-date=August 6, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> After a year at the ], Pickering ran for Congress.<ref>{{Cite web
During this and following elections, questions have been raised about whether Pickering was a legal resident of Mississippi and lawfully qualified to run for the office. He owns a farm in ], but his permanent residence is in the Washington area. Nonetheless, Pickering was unopposed for reelection in 1998 and defeated token Democratic opposition in 2000. In response to criticism regarding place of residence, Pickering has stated that he was advised by Montgomery to keep his residence and family in the Washington area, in order to have more time to spend with his family.
|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/charles_pickering/400319 |title=Charles "Chip" Pickering Jr., former Representative for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District - GovTrack.us |website=GovTrack.us |access-date=February 26, 2016}}</ref> He defeated eight other Republicans in the primary and won the general election over Democrat ] with 61 percent of the vote.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Nash |first1=Jere |last2=Taggart |first2=Andy |title=Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2008 |edition=second |publisher=University Press of Mississippi |date=2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=avs12QS3EZ4C |isbn=9781604733570 |pages=257–258}}</ref>


===U.S. House of Representatives===
Pickering was reelected five times, all by large margins. He only faced substantive opposition once, in 2002--one of only two times since his initial run for the seat that he faced a ]. That year, Pickering was pitted against fellow Congressman ] from the neighboring {{ushr|Mississippi|4|4th District}} after Mississippi lost a seat in the 2000 Congressional re-districting. The district was drawn in a way that heavily favored Pickering, and he soundly defeated Shows with over 60% of the vote in the new 3rd District.


====Committee assignments====
]

Pickering was arguably one of the more conservative members of the House. From 2003 to 2007, he served as vice-chairman of the ]. He has sometimes been mentioned as a candidate for a United States Senate seat in Mississippi; indeed, most pundits believed that had Lott opted not to run for reelection in 2006, Pickering would have been drafted to run in his place.

On August 16, 2007, Pickering announced that he would not run for re-election in 2008.<ref>, ], August 17, 2007.</ref>
===Committee Assignments===
*Energy and Commerce Committee *Energy and Commerce Committee
**Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee **Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
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**Telecommunications & the Internet Subcommittee **Telecommunications & the Internet Subcommittee


==PAC money== ====Tenure====
In 1998, as chairman of the Basic Research Subcommittee of the U.S. House Science Committee, Pickering helped oversee the transition from a government research internet to a commercial internet, as well as the establishment of internet domain names, registries, and
The Federal Election Commission has revealed that Pickering received most (two out of every three dollars) of his campaign donations and financing from ]s (PACs). A large part of the remaining monies were received from individuals outside the 3d District.{{Fact|date=May 2008}}
multi-stakeholder governance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/science/hsy273140.000/hsy273140_0.HTM|title=Internet Domain Names, Part II|website=commdocs.house.gov}}</ref>


In 2002, Pickering contributed to legislation included in the ''2002 Farm Bill'', which doubled the funding for the conservation reserve, the wetland reserve programs, and other conservation initiatives administered by the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/ag/hag107f.000/hag107f_0f.htm|title=Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill|website=commdocs.house.gov}}</ref>
==Family==
Pickering and his wife Leisha have five sons, Will, Ross, Jackson, Asher, and Harper. Pickering announced on Friday, June 27, 2008 that he filed for divorce from Leisha in Madison County, Mississippi, citing irreconcilable differences. On July 16, 2009 it was announced that Leisha had filed an ] lawsuit against a woman with whom Chip had an affair.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090716/NEWS/90716027/Ex-Miss.+politician+s+wife+sues+alleged+mistress |title=Ex-Miss. politician's wife sues alleged mistress |work=Clarion Ledger |date=July 16, 2009 }}, Archived: </ref> The lawsuit claimed that the adulterous relationship ruined the Pickerings' marriage and his political career.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chip Pickering's wife sues alleged mistress |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25067.html |author=John Bresnahan |date=July 16, 2009 |work=The Politico }}</ref> In their 2009 July 24 column, ] and ] wrote about the Washington, DC, ] at ], where the trysts allegedly took place. Leisha Pickering, wrote Roberts and Roberts, "claims that instead of praying, another woman was preying on her husband" there. Roberts and Roberts indicated that Leisha was further motivated to pursue the divorce because her ex-husband's paramour
::made Pickering quit Congress just when he might have been appointed to the Senate. We would be surprised if ex-wives have some legal recourse for disappointment over a Senate seat, but hey, Leisha Pickering's going for it.<ref>Cokie Boggs Roberts & Steven Roberts, "Congress and its house of ill repute" in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 July 24, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B7.</ref>


Pickering served as ]'s co-chairman for Mississippi in Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chip Pickering |url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2004/sep/30/chip-pickering/ |website=Jackson Free Press |access-date=June 24, 2021 |date=September 30, 2004}}</ref>
==Appearance in ''Borat'' movie==

Pickering was one of several politicians to appear in the film '']''. In the film he briefly appears at a lively ] meeting where spoken views against the teachings of evolution are cheered by the congregation.<ref>http://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/reviews.php?film_id=11879</ref> A spokesperson for Pickering said that his boss "hasn't seen the film." The spokesperson added, "f course he doesn't support the offensive nature of the movie".<ref>http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/111606.html</ref>
From 2003 to 2007, Pickering served as vice-chairman of the ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.princeton.edu/~pmc/oldsite/H-EC.html|title=House Committee on Energy and Commerce|website=www.princeton.edu}}</ref>

In 2008, Pickering, along with ], received Lewis-Houghton Leadership Award.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dev.yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/reps_bennie_thompson_d_and_chip_pickering_r_win_2nd_lewis_houghton_leadersh/|title=Reprs Bennie Thompson and Chip Pickering}}</ref>

In January 2009, Pickering retired from the House of Representatives.<ref name="auto1" />

===Post-political career===
Pickering serves as an ] at the ]'s Department of Public Leadership Policy, where he teaches a bi-monthly seminar class, PPL 211: Political Campaigns.<ref name="auto" />

In 2014, Pickering joined Incompas, where he currently serves as the CEO. Prior to this, he was a partner at Capitol Resources LLC, representing numerous companies and organizations.<ref name="auto" />

Pickering also made a brief appearance in the 2006 film, '']'', as a speaker at a church that Borat attended.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facingsouth.org/2009/07/chip-pickerings-family-affair.html |title=Chip Pickering's "Family" affair |last=Sturgis |first=Sue |publisher=Facing South |date=July 17, 2009 |access-date=June 15, 2020}}</ref>

In April 2023, the archives of Chip Pickering and ] were donated to the Mississippi Political Collections, located at ]'s Mitchell Memorial Library, by them.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite news |url=https://magnoliatribune.com/2023/04/05/pickering-scalia-and-the-unicorns-of-bipartisanship/ |title=Pickering, Scalia and the unicorns of bipartisanship and civility in American government |first=Sid |last=Salter |date=April 5, 2023 |website=Magnolia Tribune}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2023/03/pickerings-champion-bipartisanship-civility-during-dedication-papers-msu |title=Pickerings champion bipartisanship, civility during dedication of papers at MSU |date=March 31, 2023 |website=Mississippi State University}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Pickering and his former wife, Leisha, have five sons.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090716/NEWS/90716027/Ex-Miss.+politician+s+wife+sues+alleged+mistress |title=Ex-Miss. politician's wife sues alleged mistress |work=Clarion Ledger |date=July 16, 2009 |access-date=July 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5iJmxqlEl?url=http://www.clarionledger.com/article/20090716/NEWS/90716027/Ex-Miss.%20politician%20s%20wife%20sues%20alleged%20mistress |archive-date=July 16, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Chip Pickering filed for divorce in June 2008.<ref name="fam">{{cite news |first=Chris |last=Elkins |url=https://www.djournal.com/news/update-wife-of-ex-us-rep-pickering-claims-he-had-affair/article_a0c13014-4652-5b24-8154-8bb3db5df9da.html |title=UPDATE: Wife of ex-US Rep. Pickering claims he had affair |work=] |date=July 16, 2009 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |archive-url=http://archive.today/20250101204934/https://www.djournal.com/news/update-wife-of-ex-us-rep-pickering-claims-he-had-affair/article_a0c13014-4652-5b24-8154-8bb3db5df9da.html |archive-date=January 1, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Robert E. |editor-last=Emory |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Cultural_Sociology_of_Divorce/ix9zAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Chip+Pickering%22+%22+Leisha%22&pg=PA977&printsec=frontcover |title=Cultural Sociology of Divorce; An Encyclopedia |page=977 |date=2013 |isbn=978-1-4129-9958-8 |publisher=]}}</ref>

On July 16, 2009, Pickering's estranged wife filed a complaint in Hinds County (Mississippi) Circuit Court under Mississippi's ] law, alleging that Pickering and his college sweetheart Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd had a long-standing adulterous extramarital relationship during his congressional career in Washington, D.C.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jacob M. |last=Appel |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hate-the-husband-sue-the_b_311419 |title=Hate the Husband? Sue the Mistress! |work=] |date=May 25, 2011 |orig-date=March 18, 2010}}</ref> Creekmore Byrd is a member of Mississippi's Creekmore family that founded of the ] telephone company.<ref name="fam" /> She further alleged in ''Pickering v. Pickering'' that Creekmore-Byrd insisted that Pickering turn down Mississippi Gov. ]'s 2007 offer of former Sen. Trent Lott's Senate seat so that Pickering could divorce his wife and the two of them be together.<ref>{{cite news |title=A decade of congressional sex scandals |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2011-jun-08-la-na-weiner-list-20110608-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |access-date=June 24, 2021 |date=June 8, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bresnahan |first1=John |title=Pickering's wife sues alleged mistress |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/07/pickerings-wife-sues-alleged-mistress-025067 |work=Politico |access-date=June 24, 2021 |language=en |date=July 16, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Mott |first1=Ronni |title=Wife Says Pickering's Affair Ended Career, Two Marriages |url=https://www.jacksonfreepress.com/news/2009/jul/16/wife-says-pickerings-affair-ended-career-two/ |magazine=] |access-date=June 24, 2021 |language=en |date=July 16, 2009}}</ref> According to ] at '']'', "In the end, Pickering chose his mistress over his congressional career and his wife."<ref>{{cite news|last=Blumenthal|first=Max|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-secret-gop-sex-diary|title=The Secret GOP Sex Diary|work=]|date=July 14, 2017|orig-year=July 23, 2009|access-date=October 21, 2020}}</ref>

Pickering's family had a close relationship with ].<ref name="auto2" />


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American politician and businessman (born 1963) "Charles Willis Pickering" redirects here. For this former Congressman's father, see Charles W. Pickering.

Chip Pickering
Pickering in 2016
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Mississippi's 3rd district
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009
Preceded bySonny Montgomery
Succeeded byGregg Harper
Personal details
BornCharles Willis Pickering Jr.
(1963-08-10) August 10, 1963 (age 61)
Laurel, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Leisha Jane Pickering
Beth Creekmore ​(m. 2015)​
Children5
ResidenceJackson, Mississippi
Alma materUniversity of Mississippi (BA), Baylor University (MBA)

Charles Willis "Chip" Pickering Jr. (born August 10, 1963) is an American businessman and former politician who has served as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Incompas since 2014.

Pickering represented Mississippi's 3rd congressional district as a Republican in the United States House of Representatives from 1997 to 2009.

Early life and education

Chip Pickering was born in Laurel, Mississippi, to attorney Charles W. Pickering. He is a cousin of Stacey Pickering, former State Auditor of Mississippi, Mississippi State Senator, and executive director of the Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board.

Pickering graduated with a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Mississippi where he was a legacy member of the Eta chapter of Sigma Chi. He went on to receive a Master of Business Administration from Baylor University in 1989.

Career

Early years

Pickering served as a Southern Baptist missionary in Hungary, after the Hungarian government ceased its persecution of religious believers.

In 1989, President George H. W. Bush appointed Pickering as a Department of Agriculture liaison to the former European Communist countries.

Pickering served as a staff member of Senator Trent Lott between 1992 and 1996. He helped shape the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the first major overhaul of US telecoms law since 1934. After a year at the Senate Commerce Committee, Pickering ran for Congress. He defeated eight other Republicans in the primary and won the general election over Democrat John Arthur Eaves Jr. with 61 percent of the vote.

U.S. House of Representatives

Committee assignments

  • Energy and Commerce Committee
    • Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Subcommittee
    • Energy and Air Quality Subcommittee
    • Telecommunications & the Internet Subcommittee

Tenure

In 1998, as chairman of the Basic Research Subcommittee of the U.S. House Science Committee, Pickering helped oversee the transition from a government research internet to a commercial internet, as well as the establishment of internet domain names, registries, and multi-stakeholder governance.

In 2002, Pickering contributed to legislation included in the 2002 Farm Bill, which doubled the funding for the conservation reserve, the wetland reserve programs, and other conservation initiatives administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Pickering served as George W. Bush's co-chairman for Mississippi in Bush's presidential campaigns in 2000 and 2004.

From 2003 to 2007, Pickering served as vice-chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee.

In 2008, Pickering, along with Bennie Thompson, received Lewis-Houghton Leadership Award.

In January 2009, Pickering retired from the House of Representatives.

Post-political career

Pickering serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Mississippi's Department of Public Leadership Policy, where he teaches a bi-monthly seminar class, PPL 211: Political Campaigns.

In 2014, Pickering joined Incompas, where he currently serves as the CEO. Prior to this, he was a partner at Capitol Resources LLC, representing numerous companies and organizations.

Pickering also made a brief appearance in the 2006 film, Borat, as a speaker at a church that Borat attended.

In April 2023, the archives of Chip Pickering and Charles W. Pickering were donated to the Mississippi Political Collections, located at Mississippi State University's Mitchell Memorial Library, by them.

Personal life

Pickering and his former wife, Leisha, have five sons. Chip Pickering filed for divorce in June 2008.

On July 16, 2009, Pickering's estranged wife filed a complaint in Hinds County (Mississippi) Circuit Court under Mississippi's alienation of affection law, alleging that Pickering and his college sweetheart Elizabeth Creekmore Byrd had a long-standing adulterous extramarital relationship during his congressional career in Washington, D.C. Creekmore Byrd is a member of Mississippi's Creekmore family that founded of the Cellular South telephone company. She further alleged in Pickering v. Pickering that Creekmore-Byrd insisted that Pickering turn down Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour's 2007 offer of former Sen. Trent Lott's Senate seat so that Pickering could divorce his wife and the two of them be together. According to Max Blumenthal at The Daily Beast, "In the end, Pickering chose his mistress over his congressional career and his wife."

Pickering's family had a close relationship with Antonin Scalia.

References

  1. ^ "Charles "Chip" Pickering | Public Policy Leadership | Ole Miss". Department of Public Policy Leadership. University of Mississippi.
  2. ^ Bresnahan, John (August 17, 2007). "Pickering announces retirement". Politico.
  3. "AllPolitics/CQ - Freshmen of the 105th Congress". CNN. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  4. Pittman, Ashton (May 17, 2022). "Veterans Agency Director Stacey Pickering Resigns, But Reasons Unclear". Mississippi Free Press.
  5. "Chip Pickering Articles – Political Columnist & Commentator". finance.townhall.com. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  6. ^ "Charles W. ''Chip'' Pickering, Jr." (PDF). Congressional Directory for the 110th Congress (2007-2008). United States Government Publishing Office. August 2008. p. 147. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
  7. "Profile in Public Service - Chip Pickering". stennis.gov. Archived from the original on August 6, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  8. "Charles "Chip" Pickering Jr., former Representative for Mississippi's 3rd Congressional District - GovTrack.us". GovTrack.us. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  9. Nash, Jere; Taggart, Andy (2009). Mississippi Politics: The Struggle for Power, 1976-2008 (second ed.). University Press of Mississippi. pp. 257–258. ISBN 9781604733570.
  10. "Internet Domain Names, Part II". commdocs.house.gov.
  11. "Formulation of the 2002 Farm Bill". commdocs.house.gov.
  12. "Chip Pickering". Jackson Free Press. September 30, 2004. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  13. "House Committee on Energy and Commerce". www.princeton.edu.
  14. "Reprs Bennie Thompson and Chip Pickering".
  15. Sturgis, Sue (July 17, 2009). "Chip Pickering's "Family" affair". Facing South. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
  16. ^ Salter, Sid (April 5, 2023). "Pickering, Scalia and the unicorns of bipartisanship and civility in American government". Magnolia Tribune.
  17. "Pickerings champion bipartisanship, civility during dedication of papers at MSU". Mississippi State University. March 31, 2023.
  18. "Ex-Miss. politician's wife sues alleged mistress". Clarion Ledger. July 16, 2009. Archived from the original on July 16, 2009. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
  19. ^ Elkins, Chris (July 16, 2009). "UPDATE: Wife of ex-US Rep. Pickering claims he had affair". Daily Journal. Archived from the original on January 1, 2025.
  20. Emory, Robert E., ed. (2013). Cultural Sociology of Divorce; An Encyclopedia. Sage Publishing. p. 977. ISBN 978-1-4129-9958-8.
  21. Appel, Jacob M. (May 25, 2011) . "Hate the Husband? Sue the Mistress!". HuffPost.
  22. "A decade of congressional sex scandals". Los Angeles Times. June 8, 2011. Retrieved June 24, 2021.
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