Thad Cochran (R)
About The Candidate
- Office Sought: Senator, Mississippi
- Birth Date: Dec. 7, 1937
- Occupation: Attorney
- Religion: Baptist
- Web site: http://www.cochran.senate.gov
Education
- University of Mississippi, BA
- University of Mississippi, JD
Thad Cochran was born in Pontotoc, Miss., and resides in Jackson, Miss. He received a bachelor's degree in 1959 and a law degree in 1965 from the University of Mississippi. Cochran served in the U.S. Navy from 1959 to 1961. He practiced law in Jackson from 1965 to 1972.
Cochran was elected to the U.S. House in 1972, and served three consecutive terms until he won election to the U.S. Senate in 1978, replacing the late James O. Eastland.
Cochran and his wife, Rose, have two children.
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