Don Nickles

For persons of a similar name, see Donald Nichols (disambiguation).

Don Nickles
United States Senator
from Oklahoma
In office
January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2005
Preceded byHenry Bellmon
Succeeded byTom Coburn
Senate positions
Chair of the Senate Budget Committee
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded byKent Conrad
Succeeded byJudd Gregg
Senate Minority Whip
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
LeaderTrent Lott
Preceded byHarry Reid
Succeeded byHarry Reid
In office
January 3, 2001 – January 20, 2001
LeaderTrent Lott
Preceded byHarry Reid
Succeeded byHarry Reid
Senate Majority Whip
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
LeaderTrent Lott
Preceded byHarry Reid
Succeeded byHarry Reid
In office
June 12, 1996 – January 3, 2001
LeaderTrent Lott
Preceded byTrent Lott
Succeeded byHarry Reid
Member of the Oklahoma Senate
from the 20th district
In office
January 2, 1979 – January 3, 1981
Preceded byRoy Grantham
Succeeded byWilliam O'Connor
Personal details
BornDonald Lee Nickles
(1948-12-06) December 6, 1948
Ponca City, Oklahoma, U.S.
PartyRepublican
SpouseLinda Lou Morrison
Children4
EducationOklahoma State University, Stillwater (BA)

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.

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