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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MississippiWilliam Thad COCHRAN
(1937- )
Senate Years of Service:
1978-Party: RepublicanCOCHRAN, William Thad, a
Senator and a Representative from Mississippi; born in Pontotoc,
Pontotoc County, Miss., December 7, 1937; educated in the public
schools of Mississippi; graduated, University of Mississippi,
Oxford 1959 and the University of Mississippi Law School 1965;
studied international law and jurisprudence at Trinity College,
University of Dublin, Ireland 1963-1964; served in the United
States Navy 1959-1961; admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1965 and
commenced practice in Jackson; elected as a Republican to the
Ninety-third Congress in 1972; reelected to the Ninety-fourth and
Ninety-fifth Congresses and served from January 3, 1973, until his
resignation on December 26, 1978; was not a candidate for
reelection to the House of Representatives, but was elected in 1978
to the United States Senate for the term commencing January 3,
1979; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 27, 1978, to
fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of James O. Eastland for
the term ending January 3, 1979; reelected in 1984, 1990, 1996,
2002, and again in 2008 for the term ending January 3, 2015; chair,
Senate Republican Conference (1991-97), Committee on Agriculture,
Nutrition, and Forestry (One Hundred Eighth Congress); Committee on
Appropriations (One Hundred Ninth Congress).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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