Don Nickles

Don Nickles
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Kent Conrad
Succeeded by	Judd Gregg
Senate Minority Whip
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Leader	Trent Lott
Preceded by	Harry Reid
Succeeded by	Harry Reid
In office January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
Leader	Trent Lott
Preceded by	Harry Reid
Succeeded by	Harry Reid
Senate Majority Whip
In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Leader	Trent Lott
Preceded by	Harry Reid
Succeeded by	Harry Reid
In office June 12, 1996 – January 3, 2001
Leader	Trent Lott
Preceded by	Trent Lott
Succeeded by	Harry Reid
United States Senator from Oklahoma
In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Henry Bellmon
Succeeded by	Tom Coburn
Member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 20th district
In office January 2, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Preceded by	Roy Grantham[1]
Succeeded by	William O'Connor[2]
Personal details
Born	Donald Lee Nickles (1948-12-06) December 6, 1948 (age 75) Ponca City, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Linda Lou Morrison
Children	4
Education	Oklahoma State University–Stillwater (BA)
Don Nickles's voice Don Nickles honors deceased senator John Chafee Recorded October 25, 1999

Donald Lee Nickles (born December 6, 1948) is an American politician and lobbyist who was a Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma from 1981 to 2005. He was considered both a fiscal and social conservative. After retiring from the Senate as the longest-serving senator from Oklahoma up until that point, he founded the Nickles Group, a lobbying firm.^[3]