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mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تد کاکران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تد کاکران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%88%EB%93%9C_%EC%BD%94%ED%81%AC%EB%9F%B0" title="새드 코크런 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="새드 코크런" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%27%D7%90%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9F" title="ת&#039;אד קוקרן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ת&#039;אד קוקרן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="ثاد كوتشران – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ثاد كوتشران" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD,_%D0%A2%D1%8D%D0%B4" title="Кокран, Тэд – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кокран, Тэд" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Thad Cochran" 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lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thad_Cochran" title="Thad Cochran – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Thad Cochran" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Тад Кокрен – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Тад Кокрен" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />December 27, 1978&#160;–&#32;April 1, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Eastland" title="James Eastland">James Eastland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cindy_Hyde-Smith" title="Cindy Hyde-Smith">Cindy Hyde-Smith</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Appropriations Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2015&#160;–&#32;April 1, 2018</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Mikulski" title="Barbara Mikulski">Barbara Mikulski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Shelby" title="Richard Shelby">Richard Shelby</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2005&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens">Ted Stevens</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Byrd" title="Robert Byrd">Robert Byrd</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Senate Agriculture Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2003&#160;–&#32;January 3, 2005</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Harkin" title="Tom Harkin">Tom Harkin</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Saxby_Chambliss" title="Saxby Chambliss">Saxby Chambliss</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate">Chair of the Senate Republican Conference</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1991&#160;–&#32;January 3, 1997</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Leader</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Chafee" title="John Chafee">John Chafee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Connie_Mack_III" title="Connie Mack III">Connie Mack III</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S.&#32;House&#32;of&#32;Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Mississippi" title="Mississippi">Mississippi</a>'s <span data-sort-value="Mississippi04&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Mississippi&#39;s 4th congressional district">4th</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1973&#160;–&#32;December 26, 1978</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Griffin" title="Charles H. Griffin">Charles H. Griffin</a> (Redistricting)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jon_Hinson" title="Jon Hinson">Jon Hinson</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">William Thad Cochran</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1937-12-07</span>)</span>December 7, 1937<br /><a href="/wiki/Pontotoc,_Mississippi" title="Pontotoc, Mississippi">Pontotoc, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">May 30, 2019<span style="display:none">(2019-05-30)</span> (aged&#160;81)<br /><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Mississippi" title="Oxford, Mississippi">Oxford, Mississippi</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> (1967–2019)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> (before 1967)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Rose Clayton</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px">&#8203;</div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;1964&#59;&#32;died&#160;2014&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712"></li></ul> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Kay Webber</div>&#32;<div style="display:inline-block;">&#8203;</div>&#40;<abbr title="married">m.</abbr>&#160;2015&#41;<wbr />&#8203;</div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thad_Cochran_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Thad Cochran&#39;s signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thad_Cochran_signature.png/128px-Thad_Cochran_signature.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thad_Cochran_signature.png/192px-Thad_Cochran_signature.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Thad_Cochran_signature.png/256px-Thad_Cochran_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="469" data-file-height="230" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cochran.senate.gov">Senate website</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; 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A <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a>, he previously served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> from 1973 to 1978. </p><p>Born in <a href="/wiki/Pontotoc,_Mississippi" title="Pontotoc, Mississippi">Pontotoc, Mississippi</a>, Cochran graduated from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a>. He served in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ensign</a> (1959–1961) before graduating from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi_School_of_Law" title="University of Mississippi School of Law">University of Mississippi School of Law</a>. After practicing law for several years in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1972" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1972">in 1972</a>. He served three terms in the House representing Jackson and portions of southwest Mississippi. </p><p>Cochran won a three-way race for U.S. Senate <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi,_1978" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate election in Mississippi, 1978">in 1978</a>, becoming the first Republican to win a United States Senate election in Mississippi since <a href="/wiki/Blanche_Bruce" title="Blanche Bruce">Blanche Bruce</a> was elected during <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era" title="Reconstruction era">Reconstruction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was re-elected to six terms by wide margins. He was chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Appropriations Committee</a> from 2005 to 2007 and again from 2015 to 2018. He also chaired the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Senate Agriculture Committee</a> from 2003 to 2005. With over 45 years of combined House and Senate service, Cochran is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_United_States_Congress_by_longevity_of_service" title="List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service">second longest-serving</a> member of Congress ever from Mississippi, only after former <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Whitten" title="Jamie Whitten">Jamie L. Whitten</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cochran resigned from the Senate due to health issues in April 2018. Cochran died on May 30, 2019 in <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Mississippi" title="Oxford, Mississippi">Oxford, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>William Thad Cochran was born on December 7, 1937, in <a href="/wiki/Pontotoc,_Mississippi" title="Pontotoc, Mississippi">Pontotoc, Mississippi</a>, the son of Emma Grace (née Berry) and William Holmes Cochran, a teacher and <a href="/wiki/School_principal" class="mw-redirect" title="School principal">school principal</a>, respectively. His family settled in <a href="/wiki/Hinds_County,_Mississippi" title="Hinds County, Mississippi">Hinds County, Mississippi</a>, home of the state capital, <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson</a>, in 1946 after a few moves around the northern part of the state.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He graduated valedictorian<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from Byram High School near Jackson.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cochran then received a B.A. degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi" title="University of Mississippi">University of Mississippi</a> with a major in <a href="/wiki/Psychology" title="Psychology">psychology</a> and a minor in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> in 1959.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There he joined the <a href="/wiki/Pi_Kappa_Alpha" title="Pi Kappa Alpha">Pi Kappa Alpha</a> fraternity and was on the <a href="/wiki/Cheerleading" title="Cheerleading">cheerleading</a> squad (fellow senator <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a> was also an Ole Miss cheerleader).<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was elected to the <a href="/wiki/Phi_Kappa_Phi" title="Phi Kappa Phi">Phi Kappa Phi</a> honor society, and worked as a lifeguard at Livingston Lake in Jackson during the summers.<sup id="cite_ref-Thad_Cochrane_Biography_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thad_Cochrane_Biography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a time in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (1959–1961), where he was commissioned an <a href="/wiki/Ensign_(rank)#United_States" title="Ensign (rank)">ensign</a> aboard the <a href="/wiki/USS_Macon_(CA-132)" title="USS Macon (CA-132)">USS&#160;<i>Macon</i></a>, Cochran received a <a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">J.D.</a> degree from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Mississippi_School_of_Law" title="University of Mississippi School of Law">University of Mississippi School of Law</a> in 1965. While in law school, he won the Frederick Hamel Memorial Award for having the highest scholastic average in the first year class and served on the editorial board of the <i><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Law_Journal" title="Mississippi Law Journal">Mississippi Law Journal</a></i>. Following graduation, Cochran practiced law at the firm of Watkins &amp; Eager in Jackson, Mississippi, where he was promoted to partner.<sup id="cite_ref-Thad_Cochrane_Biography_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thad_Cochrane_Biography-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968, <a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a> recruited Cochran to serve as chairman of Citizens for Nixon-Agnew in Mississippi.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg/185px-Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="185" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg/278px-Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg/370px-Thad_Cochran_1973_Congressional_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="705" data-file-height="821" /></a><figcaption>Cochran during his time in the House of Representatives</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1972, Jackson lawyer Mike Allred and oilman Billy Mounger, both Republicans, recruited Cochran to run for Congress as a Republican.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> That year, <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> Congressman <a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Griffin" title="Charles H. Griffin">Charles H. Griffin</a> of <span data-sort-value="Mississippi03&#160;!"><a href="/wiki/Mississippi%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Mississippi&#39;s 3rd congressional district">Mississippi's 3rd congressional district</a></span> decided not to run for a third full term.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran won the Republican nomination for the Jackson-based district, which was renumbered as the <a href="/wiki/Mississippi%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Mississippi&#39;s 4th congressional district">4th District</a> after redistricting. He <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1972#Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1972">defeated</a> Democratic state senator <a href="/wiki/Ellis_B._Bodron" title="Ellis B. Bodron">Ellis B. Bodron</a> by 47.9% to 44%.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> One factor in Cochran's victory was <a href="/wiki/Richard_Nixon" title="Richard Nixon">Richard Nixon</a>'s strong showing in <a href="/wiki/1972_United_States_presidential_election" title="1972 United States presidential election">that year's presidential election</a>. Mississippi was Nixon's best state in 1972, taking 78.2 percent of the statewide popular vote. Another Republican candidate that year, Gil Carmichael, who ran for U.S. Senate against <a href="/wiki/James_Eastland" title="James Eastland">James Eastland</a>, only finished with 38 percent of the vote, largely because of Nixon steadfastly backing Eastland.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Another factor for Cochran's win was black turnout. Eddie McBride, a black independent candidate pulled enough black voters from Bodron to help sway the election. McBride has been recruited by Fayette Mayor Charles Evers to retaliate against Bodron who had blocked Evers' initiative to build a nursing home in Fayette.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran, alongside Trent Lott, became the second and third Republicans to be elected to represent Mississippi in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> since <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_of_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era of the United States">Reconstruction</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1974#Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1974">1974 elections</a>, Cochran won in a landslide victory with 70.2 percent of the vote, winning every county besides black-majority <a href="/wiki/Claiborne_County,_Mississippi" title="Claiborne County, Mississippi">Claiborne</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_County,_Mississippi" title="Jefferson County, Mississippi">Jefferson</a>. He called his victory an endorsement of "my views on cutting down inflation and unnecessary spending."<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran ran for reelection in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections,_1976#Mississippi" class="mw-redirect" title="United States House of Representatives elections, 1976">1976 elections</a> and was predicted to easily win.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran easily won reelection with 76% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._Senate">U.S. Senate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi">1978</a>, six-term Democratic Senator <a href="/wiki/James_Eastland" title="James Eastland">James Eastland</a> decided to retire. Cochran ran for the seat and won the Republican primary, defeating state senator and former <a href="/wiki/Jones_County,_Mississippi" title="Jones County, Mississippi">Jones County</a> prosecutor <a href="/wiki/Charles_W._Pickering" title="Charles W. Pickering">Charles W. Pickering</a>, 69%–31% percent. In the general election, he faced Democrat <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Dantin" title="Maurice Dantin">Maurice Dantin</a>, a former district attorney who had triumphed in a four-way primary with the backing of Eastland, and <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> candidate <a href="/wiki/Charles_Evers" title="Charles Evers">Charles Evers</a>, the mayor of <a href="/wiki/Fayette,_Mississippi" title="Fayette, Mississippi">Fayette</a>. Evers, the first African American to be elected mayor of a Mississippi town since <a href="/wiki/Reconstruction_era_in_the_United_States" class="mw-redirect" title="Reconstruction era in the United States">Reconstruction</a>, split the Democratic vote and Cochran won with a plurality, taking 45.3% to Dantin's 31.8% and Evers' 22.6%.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This made Cochran the first Republican to win a statewide election in Mississippi in a century and thus became Mississippi's first new U.S. senator since <a href="/wiki/John_C._Stennis" title="John C. Stennis">John C. Stennis</a> in 1947.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Eastland resigned on 27 December to give Cochran a seniority advantage over other new incoming U.S. senators. <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Mississippi" title="List of governors of Mississippi">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Finch" title="Cliff Finch">Cliff Finch</a> appointed Cochran to serve the remaining week of Eastland's term.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cochran faced an expected strong challenge for re-election from incumbent Democratic governor <a href="/wiki/William_Winter_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Winter (politician)">William Winter</a> <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi">in 1984</a>, but he was re-elected easily, 60.9 to 39.1 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-ourcampaigns.com_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcampaigns.com-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was likely helped by the presence of <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> atop the ticket for president; Reagan carried Mississippi by an almost identical margin, 61.8 percent to <a href="/wiki/Walter_Mondale" title="Walter Mondale">Walter Mondale</a>'s 37.4 percent. </p><p>He was completely unopposed <a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1990 United States Senate election in Mississippi">in 1990</a><sup id="cite_ref-auto3_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and took 71 percent of the vote <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1996 United States Senate election in Mississippi">in 1996</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> the Democratic nominee, retired factory worker<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> Bootie Hunt, received 27.4 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> No Democrat ran against Cochran <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi">in 2002</a>; he faced only <a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform Party</a> candidate Shawn O'Hara, beating him by 84.6 to 15.4 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran faced his strongest challenger in twenty-four years <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi">in 2008</a> when the Democrats nominated State Representative <a href="/wiki/Erik_R._Fleming" title="Erik R. Fleming">Erik R. Fleming</a>. In a year that saw <a href="/wiki/United_States_elections,_2008" class="mw-redirect" title="United States elections, 2008">widespread Democratic gains</a>, Cochran was still re-elected, 61.4–37.6 percent.<sup id="cite_ref-opinion_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opinion-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014_election">2014 election</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: 2014 election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2014 United States Senate election in Mississippi">2014 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <p>In 2014, Cochran faced a primary challenge from <a href="/wiki/Tea_Party_movement" title="Tea Party movement">Tea Party</a>-supported candidate <a href="/wiki/Chris_McDaniel" title="Chris McDaniel">Chris McDaniel</a>. Although the primary was initially considered uncompetitive, McDaniel proved a serious challenger. Polling showed the lead swinging between the two and it eventually became a "50%-50% race".<sup id="cite_ref-math_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-math-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The primary was considered a marquee establishment-versus-Tea Party fight. Cochran's seniority and appropriating skills contrasted with the junior status of the rest of the state's congressional delegation.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The primary was described as "nasty"<sup id="cite_ref-topple_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topple-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and full of "bizarre" twists.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2014, a scandal emerged when a McDaniel supporter allegedly entered a nursing home where Cochran's bedridden wife was living and took pictures of her.<sup id="cite_ref-topple_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topple-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The images were posted to a blog, intending to advance the rumor that Cochran was having affairs while his wife was receiving care.<sup id="cite_ref-bruising_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bruising-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Four people were arrested in connection with the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-bruising_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bruising-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The connection to the McDaniel campaign was disputed. One of the arrested included McDaniel ally Mark Mayfield, who was vice chairman of the state's Tea Party.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In response, McDaniel said, "the violation of the privacy of Mrs. Cochran [was] out of bounds for politics and reprehensible."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Neither candidate won a majority in the primary election; McDaniel won 49.46% of the vote, while Cochran received 49.02%.<sup id="cite_ref-FEC_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FEC-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> A runoff election between McDaniel and Cochran was held on June 24.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Despite trailing in most of the polls,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran won with 51.01% of the vote to McDaniel's 48.99%.<sup id="cite_ref-FEC_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FEC-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Cochran campaign denied allegations of vote-buying made by a blogger regarding his run-off victory.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In the aftermath of the runoff, the McDaniel campaign claimed there were indications of voter fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> McDaniel's legal challenge to the election results failed.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On Election Day, Cochran defeated Democratic former U.S. Rep. <a href="/wiki/Travis_Childers" title="Travis Childers">Travis Childers</a>, 59.90%-37.89%.<sup id="cite_ref-2014GeneralElection_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2014GeneralElection-45"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C4383_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C4383_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C4383_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C4383_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C4383_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/90/Reagan_Contact_Sheet_C4383_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="410" data-file-height="265" /></a><figcaption>Cochran with President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> in 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>Generally, Cochran kept a lower national profile than conventional wisdom would suggest for someone who spent almost half a century in Washington, including seven terms in the Senate. However, he had considerable influence behind the scenes, especially in Mississippi.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 1981, after the Senate Agriculture Committee overwhelmingly approved a proposal to enact a temporary freeze on the level of dairy price supports and thereby gave President <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> his first congressional victory for his federal spending reductions, Cochran stated that the vote was "a great victory for" Reagan and "a very important first step in having his program adopted by Congress."<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 1981, along with <a href="/wiki/Bob_Packwood" title="Bob Packwood">Bob Packwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daniel_Patrick_Moynihan" title="Daniel Patrick Moynihan">Daniel Patrick Moynihan</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Heinz" title="John Heinz">John Heinz</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Pryor" title="David Pryor">David Pryor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spark_M._Matsunaga" class="mw-redirect" title="Spark M. Matsunaga">Spark M. Matsunaga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Donald_W._Riegle_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Donald W. Riegle Jr.">Donald W. Riegle Jr.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Bill_Bradley" title="Bill Bradley">Bill Bradley</a>, Cochran was one of eight senators to cosponsor a bipartisan six-year experiment in care at home for the elderly and disabled for the purpose of presenting an alternative to expensive hospitals and nursing facilities.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cochran served as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Vice-Chair_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Vice-Chair of the United States Senate">Vice Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference</a> from 1985 to 1991 and as <a href="/wiki/Republican_Conference_Chairman_of_the_United_States_Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate">Chairman</a> from 1991 to 1996. He chaired the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Senate Agriculture Committee</a> from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, he was appointed as chairman of the powerful <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Senate Appropriations Committee</a>, making him the first Republican from a former <a href="/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate state</a> to chair the committee. While Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Cochran worked to expedite the process of approving spending bills to minimize partisan skirmishing.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1991, Cochran introduced legislation to establish a commission of three members appointed by the president to oversee recognition of Indian tribes and speed the tribal recognition process. Cochran said he was "supportive of trying to establish a procedure that would permit these matters to be resolved by a commission" and that it was a better alternative to seeking to "call on Congress to make decisions we're really not qualified to make."<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In June 1996, Cochran ran for the post of <a href="/wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_Senate" title="Party leaders of the United States Senate">Senate Majority Leader</a> to succeed Republican <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a>, who had resigned from the Senate to concentrate on <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_presidential_election" title="1996 United States presidential election">his presidential campaign</a>. Cochran faced his Mississippi colleague <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a>, the then-Senate Majority Whip. Cochran cast himself as an "institutionalist" and who would held to rebuild public trust in Congress through compromise over conflict. Lott promised a "more aggressive" style of leadership and courted the younger Senate conservatives. Cochran lost by 44 votes to 8.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CochranThad(R-MS).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/CochranThad%28R-MS%29.jpg/170px-CochranThad%28R-MS%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/CochranThad%28R-MS%29.jpg/255px-CochranThad%28R-MS%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/CochranThad%28R-MS%29.jpg/340px-CochranThad%28R-MS%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="3040" /></a><figcaption>Cochran in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>On June 13, 2005, the U.S. Senate formally apologized for its failure to enact a federal anti-lynching law in the early 20th century, "when it was most needed". The resolution was passed on a voice vote with 80 senators cosponsoring. Cochran and fellow Mississippian <a href="/wiki/Trent_Lott" title="Trent Lott">Trent Lott</a> were among the 20 senators who did not join as cosponsors.<sup id="cite_ref-senate-apology_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-senate-apology-53"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran said, "I'm not in the business of apologizing for what someone else did or didn't do. I deplore and regret that lynching occurred and that those committing them weren't punished, but I'm not culpable".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2006, Cochran was selected by <i><a href="/wiki/Time_(magazine)" title="Time (magazine)">Time</a></i> as one of "America's 10 Best Senators". He was dubbed "The Quiet Persuader" for his role in winning money for the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Coast" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf Coast">Gulf Coast</a> in the wake of <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Katrina" title="Hurricane Katrina">Hurricane Katrina</a>. <i>Time</i> reported that Cochran managed to wring "$29 billion out of his colleagues, almost double the money [President George W.] Bush and congressional leaders had initially pledged".<sup id="cite_ref-cochran_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cochran-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Earlier, Cochran threatened to derail a defense appropriations bill unless it included funding for installations on the Gulf Coast. The article also noted that Cochran has "gained the trust of the [Bush] Administration and Capitol Hill for his quiet, courtly manner... using his experience and mastery of the issues to persuade his colleagues privately rather than making demands on them in public". The magazine quoted an unnamed "senior GOP Senator" who said "He doesn't get a whole lot of play in terms of coverage, but he is effectively stubborn doing what needs to be done."<sup id="cite_ref-cochran_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cochran-55"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late 2017, questions began to arise over Cochran's apparently deteriorating health. He missed two weeks of the Senate session due to a urological procedure.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Upon his return to Washington, Cochran needed assistance locating the Senate chamber and was described by <i>Politico</i> as "frail" and "disoriented". On one occasion, he repeatedly voted "yes" despite being told by aides to vote "no"; he later realized his mistake and changed his vote. However, Cochran sought to defuse rumors that his retirement was imminent, saying, "Don’t believe everything you hear".<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 5, 2018, Cochran announced that he would retire from the Senate<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> due to ongoing health challenges.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran left office on April 1, 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was one of the longest-serving members of Congress in history.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Positions">Positions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_(left)_and_Thad_Cochran,_April_10,_2013,_at_the_Pentagon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_%28left%29_and_Thad_Cochran%2C_April_10%2C_2013%2C_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/220px-Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_%28left%29_and_Thad_Cochran%2C_April_10%2C_2013%2C_at_the_Pentagon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_%28left%29_and_Thad_Cochran%2C_April_10%2C_2013%2C_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/330px-Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_%28left%29_and_Thad_Cochran%2C_April_10%2C_2013%2C_at_the_Pentagon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_%28left%29_and_Thad_Cochran%2C_April_10%2C_2013%2C_at_the_Pentagon.jpg/440px-Secretary_of_Defense_Chuck_Hagel_meets_with_Senators_Carl_Levin_%28left%29_and_Thad_Cochran%2C_April_10%2C_2013%2C_at_the_Pentagon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4928" data-file-height="3280" /></a><figcaption>Senators Cochran (left) and <a href="/wiki/Carl_Levin" title="Carl Levin">Carl Levin</a> (right) meet with Secretary of Defense <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Chuck Hagel</a> at the Pentagon to discuss the budgeting, April 10, 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cochran was considered to be more <a href="/wiki/Centre-right_politics" title="Centre-right politics">moderate</a> than his Republican colleagues.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In 2017, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> arranged Republican senators based on ideology and reported that Cochran was the fourth most moderate Republican in their findings.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/GovTrack" title="GovTrack">GovTrack</a>, Cochran was more moderate than most of his Republican colleagues being to the left of most but to the right of several others.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The non-partisan <i><a href="/wiki/National_Journal" title="National Journal">National Journal</a></i> gave Senator Cochran a composite ideology score of 68% conservative and 33% liberal.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2005, he was one of nine senators who voted against the <a href="/wiki/Detainee_Treatment_Act_of_2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Detainee Treatment Act of 2005">Detainee Treatment Act of 2005</a>, which prohibited "inhumane treatment of prisoners, including prisoners at <a href="/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp" title="Guantanamo Bay detention camp">Guantanamo Bay</a>". The others, all Republicans, were <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Allard" title="Wayne Allard">Wayne Allard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kit_Bond" title="Kit Bond">Kit Bond</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Coburn" title="Tom Coburn">Tom Coburn</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeff_Sessions" title="Jeff Sessions">Jeff Sessions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jim_Inhofe" title="Jim Inhofe">Jim Inhofe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pat_Roberts" title="Pat Roberts">Pat Roberts</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Cornyn" title="John Cornyn">John Cornyn</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens">Ted Stevens</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> </p><p>On July 18, 2006, Cochran voted, along with 19 Republican senators, for the <a href="/wiki/Stem_Cell_Research_Enhancement_Act" title="Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act">Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act</a> to lift restrictions on federal funding for the research.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2010, it was reported that Cochran finished at the top of the <a href="/wiki/Citizens_Against_Government_Waste" title="Citizens Against Government Waste">Citizens Against Government Waste</a>'s list of congressional earmarks, having requested a total of $490 million in earmarks.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2012, Cochran encouraged Mississippians to prepare for the effects of Tropical Storm Isaac, saying "Taking steps now to protect people and property should help lessen the losses that might be associated with Isaac. It is important that everyone stay informed and follow emergency orders. I am confident that Mississippians have learned valuable lessons from previous storms and will work together to prepare for this newest threat, I believe Governor Bryant and others are handling emergency preparedness actions very well."<sup id="cite_ref-The_Delta_Farm_Press_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Delta_Farm_Press-67"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Environment">Environment</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, Cochran was one of 22 senators to sign a letter<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> to President <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> urging the President to have the United States withdraw from the <a href="/wiki/Paris_Agreement" title="Paris Agreement">Paris Agreement</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/OpenSecrets" title="OpenSecrets">OpenSecrets</a>, Cochran had received more than $290,000 from oil, gas and coal interests since 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Gun_law">Gun law</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Gun law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cochran had an A+ rating from the <a href="/wiki/NRA_Political_Victory_Fund" class="mw-redirect" title="NRA Political Victory Fund">NRA Political Victory Fund</a> (NRA-PVF) due to his consistent voting and support of pro-gun legislation.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The NRA endorsed Cochran in the 2014 election.<sup id="cite_ref-Bump1005G_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bump1005G-71"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In April 2013, Cochran was one of forty-six senators to vote against the passing of a bill which would have expanded background checks for gun buyers. Cochran voted with 40 Republicans and 5 Democrats to stop the passage of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cochran voted to repeal a regulation that made it illegal for certain individuals with specific <a href="/wiki/Mental_health" title="Mental health">mental health</a> diagnosis to purchase guns. The original law authorizing such regulation was passed with a unanimous vote in 2007 after the <a href="/wiki/Virginia_Tech_shooting" title="Virginia Tech shooting">Virginia Tech shooting</a>. Cochran claims the law infringed upon the Second Amendment rights of disabled people.<sup id="cite_ref-Fowler1005G_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fowler1005G-73"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Healthcare">Healthcare</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Healthcare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cochran opposed President Barack Obama's health reform legislation; he voted against the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a> in December 2009,<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and he voted against the <a href="/wiki/Health_Care_and_Education_Reconciliation_Act_of_2010" title="Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010">Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jefferson_Davis">Jefferson Davis</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Jefferson Davis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As senior senator of the state of Mississippi, Cochran was given the opportunity to use the desk of <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Davis" title="Jefferson Davis">Jefferson Davis</a>, the president of the Confederacy, which Cochran accepted.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran said that he was "very proud" to have Davis's desk.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_76-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran opposed attempts to remove <a href="/wiki/Statue_of_Jefferson_Davis_(U.S._Capitol)" title="Statue of Jefferson Davis (U.S. Capitol)">a statue of Davis</a> from the U.S. Capitol.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_76-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-76"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day">Martin Luther King Jr. Day</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Martin Luther King Jr. Day"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1983, <a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">President Ronald Reagan</a> signed into law: H.R. 3706 (98th) – A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to make the <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr._Day" title="Martin Luther King Jr. Day">birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.</a>, a legal public holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran, a Republican, voted for the act. His colleague in the Senate from Mississippi, Democrat <a href="/wiki/John_C._Stennis" title="John C. Stennis">John C. Stennis</a>, voted against the act.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Trade">Trade</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: Trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In January 2018, Cochran was one of thirty-six Republican senators to sign a letter to President Trump requesting he preserve the <a href="/wiki/North_American_Free_Trade_Agreement" title="North American Free Trade Agreement">North American Free Trade Agreement</a> by modernizing it for the economy of the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Staff">Staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: Staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_State_University" title="Mississippi State University">Mississippi State University</a> president <a href="/wiki/Mark_E._Keenum" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark E. Keenum">Mark Keenum</a> served as Cochran's chief-of-staff.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_State_University" title="Delta State University">Delta State University</a> president William LaForge served as Cochran's chief-of-staff.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1973, Cochran hired Nehemiah Flowers Jr.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/WLBT" title="WLBT">WLBT</a>, where he was Mississippi's first black television executive.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Flowers was the first African-American congressional staffer in Mississippi since Reconstruction.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Flowers remained on Cochran's staff until 2002, when Cochran recommended him and President <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> nominated him to become U.S. Marshal for Mississippi's Southern District.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He remained in that position until 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_83-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-83"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AT%26T" title="AT&amp;T">AT&amp;T</a> Mississippi president R. Mayo Flint III formerly served on Cochran's staff.<sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sponsored_legislation">Sponsored legislation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: Sponsored legislation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Natchez_Trace_Parkway_Land_Conveyance_Act_of_2013_(S._304;_113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act of 2013 (S. 304; 113th Congress)">Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act of 2013 (S. 304; 113th Congress)</a> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/304">S.&#160;304</a>) is a bill that was sponsored and actively lobbied for by Thad Cochran during the <a href="/wiki/113th_United_States_Congress" title="113th United States Congress">113th United States Congress</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-natdem1_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natdem1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-304sum_88-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-304sum-88"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The bill would require the <a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service" title="National Park Service">National Park Service</a> (NPS) to convey about 67 acres of property in the Natchez Trace Parkway to the state of Mississippi. The legislation also would adjust the boundaries of the parkway to include 10 additional acres.<sup id="cite_ref-cbo304_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cbo304-89"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The two pieces of land in question originally belonged to Mississippi, and were donated to the National Park Service when the NPS was trying to determine where to end the Natchez Trace Parkway.<sup id="cite_ref-natdem1_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-natdem1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gop304_90-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gop304-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Since the NPS did not choose to use either of the pieces of land, the state would like the land back.<sup id="cite_ref-gop304_90-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gop304-90"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Bipartisan_Sportsmen%27s_Act_of_2014_(S._2363;_113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bipartisan Sportsmen&#39;s Act of 2014 (S. 2363; 113th Congress)">Bipartisan Sportsmen's Act of 2014 (S. 2363; 113th Congress)</a>, a bill related to hunting, fishing, and outdoor recreation in the United States, aimed at improving "the public's ability to enjoy the outdoors."<sup id="cite_ref-WickerPRJune17_91-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WickerPRJune17-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Cochran supported the bill, arguing that the bill "deserves broad support for its policies and reforms that will protect and enhance opportunities to hunt, fish and enjoy the outdoors."<sup id="cite_ref-WickerPRJune17_91-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WickerPRJune17-91"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Cochran was the lead sponsor of "The Cochran-Inouye National Missile Defense Act of 1999." The policy sought to counter emerging missile threats from China, North Korea, Iran, and Iraq.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The policy was enacted into law on July 22, 1999, as incorporated into a House version of the bill.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The act stated: <blockquote><p>It is the policy of the United States to deploy as soon as is technologically possible an effective National Missile Defense system capable of defending the territory of the United States against limited ballistic missile attack (whether accidental, unauthorized, or deliberate) with funding subject to the annual authorization of appropriations and the annual appropriation of funds for National Missile Defense.</p></blockquote></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Agriculture,_Nutrition_and_Forestry" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry">Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry</a></b> (Chairman) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Commodities,_Risk_Management_and_Trade" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade">Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management and Trade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Conservation,_Forestry_and_Natural_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources">Subcommittee on Conservation, Forestry and Natural Resources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Agriculture_Subcommittee_on_Rural_Development_and_Energy" title="United States Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy">Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy</a></li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Appropriations" title="United States Senate Committee on Appropriations">Committee on Appropriations</a></b> (Chairman) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Agriculture,_Rural_Development,_Food_and_Drug_Administration,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Commerce,_Justice,_Science,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies</a> (ex officio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Defense" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense">Subcommittee on Defense</a> (Chairman)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Energy_and_Water_Development" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development">Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Financial_Services_and_General_Government" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government">Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government</a> (ex officio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Homeland_Security" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security">Subcommittee on Homeland Security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Interior,_Environment,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Labor,_Health_and_Human_Services,_Education,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_the_Legislative_Branch" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch">Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch</a> (ex officio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Military_Construction,_Veterans_Affairs,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies</a> (ex officio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_State,_Foreign_Operations,_and_Related_Programs" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs">Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs</a> (ex officio)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Appropriations_Subcommittee_on_Transportation,_Housing_and_Urban_Development,_and_Related_Agencies" title="United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies">Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies</a> (ex officio)</li></ul></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Rules_and_Administration" title="United States Senate Committee on Rules and Administration">Committee on Rules and Administration</a></b></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_memberships">Caucus memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: Caucus memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>House/Senate International Education Study Group (Co-Chair)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Congressional_International_Conservation_Caucus" title="United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus">International Conservation Caucus</a></li> <li>Republican Task Force to Study the Energy Crisis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afterschool_Caucuses" title="Afterschool Caucuses">Afterschool Caucuses</a><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life_and_death">Personal life and death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: Personal life and death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1964, Cochran married Rose Clayton. The couple have two children. Rose Cochran died in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-1stwifeobit_95-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stwifeobit-95"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 23, 2015, Cochran married longtime aide Kay Webber in a private ceremony in <a href="/wiki/Gulfport,_Mississippi" title="Gulfport, Mississippi">Gulfport, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Fourteen months after his resignation from the Senate, Cochran died on May 30, 2019, in <a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Mississippi" title="Oxford, Mississippi">Oxford, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The cause of death was <a href="/wiki/Renal_failure" class="mw-redirect" title="Renal failure">renal failure</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018, which was signed into law on March 23, 2018, named the federal courthouse in Jackson, Mississippi after Cochran.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The courthouse-naming provision of the act was included by Senator <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy">Patrick Leahy</a> of Vermont,<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> who served as the ranking Democrat on the committee and considered Cochran his closest friend in the Senate.<sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> On August 9, 2018, a ceremony was held to recognize the naming of the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse in <a href="/wiki/Jackson,_Mississippi" title="Jackson, Mississippi">Jackson, Mississippi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-102" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-102"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On May 12, 2018, the University of Mississippi gave Cochran the Mississippi Humanitarian Award, given "to exceptional figures who have played a major role in shaping the state."<sup id="cite_ref-103" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-103"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>102<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2018, a report indicated that Cochran's official papers were to be housed in the Modern Political Archives at the University of Mississippi.<sup id="cite_ref-104" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-104"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>103<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In recognition of Cochran's military and civil service, the US Navy posthumously named the <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer"><i>Arleigh Burke</i>-class destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Thad_Cochran_(DDG-135)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Thad Cochran (DDG-135)">USS <i>Thad Cochran</i> (DDG-135)</a> after him in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-105" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-105"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>104<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-106" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-106"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>105<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Electoral_history">Electoral history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: Electoral history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="U.S._Senate_2">U.S. Senate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: U.S. Senate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1978">1978</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: 1978"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1978_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi">1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 1978<sup id="cite_ref-107" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-107"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>106<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thad Cochran </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>267,302 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>45.3 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Maurice Dantin </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">187,541 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">31.8 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Charles Evers </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">133,646 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">22.6 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn">Henry Jay Kirksey </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,747 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">0.3 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1984">1984</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=23" title="Edit section: 1984"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1984_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi">1984 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 1984<sup id="cite_ref-ourcampaigns.com_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ourcampaigns.com-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>580,314 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>60.9 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Winter_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="William Winter (politician)">William Winter</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">371,926 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.1 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1990">1990</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=24" title="Edit section: 1990"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1990 United States Senate election in Mississippi">1990 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 1990<sup id="cite_ref-auto3_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto3-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>274,244 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>100.00 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">274,244 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">100.00 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">274,244 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="1996">1996</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=25" title="Edit section: 1996"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1996_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="1996 United States Senate election in Mississippi">1996 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 1996<sup id="cite_ref-auto2_26-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto2-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>624,154 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>71.0 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">James W. "Bootie" Hunt </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">240,647 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">27.4 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DDDDBB; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (United States)">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Ted_Weill" title="Ted Weill">Ted Weill</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13,861 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.6 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2002">2002</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=26" title="Edit section: 2002"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi">2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 2002<sup id="cite_ref-auto1_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto1-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>533,269 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>84.58 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #6A287E; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Reform_Party_of_the_United_States_of_America" title="Reform Party of the United States of America">Reform</a> </td> <td class="fn">Shawn O'Hara </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">97,226 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">15.42 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">436,043 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">69.16 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">630,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#E81B23; color:inherit; width:0.3em;"> </td> <td colspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2008">2008</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=27" title="Edit section: 2008"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2008_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi">2008 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 2008<sup id="cite_ref-opinion_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-opinion-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#E81B23; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent) </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>766,111 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>61.44% </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>−23.2 </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #3333FF; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td class="fn">Erik Fleming </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">480,915 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">38.56% </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"><i>n/a</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">Majority </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">285,196 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Voter_turnout" title="Voter turnout">Turnout</a> </th> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1,247,026 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="color:inherit;background-color: #E81B23"> </td> <td colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(US)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican Party (US)">Republican</a> <b>hold</b> </td> <th style="text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Swing_(politics)" title="Swing (politics)">Swing</a> </th> <td style="text-align:right;"> </td> <td> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2014">2014</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thad_Cochran&amp;action=edit&amp;section=28" title="Edit section: 2014"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2014_United_States_Senate_election_in_Mississippi" title="2014 United States Senate election in Mississippi">2014 United States Senate election in Mississippi</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Mississippi U.S. Senate Republican primary election, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-108" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-108"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>107<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FEC_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FEC-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td> <td><b>+%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Republican</b> </td> <td><b>Chris McDaniel</b> </td> <td><b>157,733</b> </td> <td><b>49.46%</b> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Republican</b> </td> <td><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent)</b> </td> <td><b>156,315</b> </td> <td><b>49.02%</b> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Thomas Carey </td> <td>4,854 </td> <td>1.52% </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">Mississippi U.S. Senate Republican primary runoff election, 2014<sup id="cite_ref-109" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-109"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>108<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FEC_37-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FEC-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Party</b> </td> <td><b>Candidate</b> </td> <td><b>Votes</b> </td> <td><b>%</b> </td> <td><b>+%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Republican</b> </td> <td><b>Thad Cochran (incumbent)</b> </td> <td><b>194,972</b> </td> <td><b>51.01%</b> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Republican </td> <td>Chris McDaniel </td> <td>187,249 </td> <td>48.99% </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table 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