| LC control no. | n 82100916 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Cochran, Thad |
| Variant(s) | Cochran, William Thad |
| Birth date | 1937-12-07 |
| Death date | 2019-05-30 |
| Place of birth | Pontotoc (Miss.) |
| Place of death | Oxford (Miss.) |
| Affiliation | University of Mississippi University of Mississippi. School of Law United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | His Delegation mission to New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan, 1982: t.p. (Senator Thad Cochran) p. iii (U.S. Senate, Wash., D.C.) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, June 6, 2013 (Cochran, William Thad, Senate years of service: 1978- ; 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). |
| Associated language | eng |
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