Thad Cochran

Thad Cochran
Thad Cochran
United States Senator; from Mississippi
	In office; December 27, 1978 – April 1, 2018
Preceded by	James Eastland
Succeeded by	Cindy Hyde-Smith
Preceded by	In office; January 3, 2015 – April 1, 2018
Chairmanships
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
	In office; January 3, 2015 – April 1, 2018
Preceded by	Barbara Mikulski
Succeeded by	Richard Shelby
	In office; January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by	Ted Stevens
Succeeded by	Robert Byrd
Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee
	In office; January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by	Tom Harkin
Succeeded by	Saxby Chambliss
Chair of the Senate Republican Conference
	In office; January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997
Leader	Bob Dole; Trent Lott
Preceded by	John Chafee
Succeeded by	Connie Mack III
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives; from Mississippi's 4th district
	In office; January 3, 1973 – December 26, 1978
Preceded by	Sonny Montgomery
Succeeded by	Jon Hinson
Personal details
Born	William Thad Cochran; December 7, 1937; Pontotoc, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	May 30, 2019 (aged 81); Oxford, Mississippi, U.S.
Political party	Republican (1967–2019)
Other political; affiliations	Democratic (before 1967)
Spouse(s)	Rose Clayton; (m. 1964; her death 2014); Kay Webber; (m. 2015; his death 2019)
Children	2
Education	University of Mississippi (BA, JD)
Signature
Website	Senate website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1959–1961

William Thad Cochran (December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was an American politician. He was a United States senator of Mississippi. He became senator in 1978 until 2018. Cochran is a member of the United States Republican Party.

On March 5, 2018, he announced his intention to resign from the Senate on April 1 for health reasons.^[1]

Almost a year later from his retirement, Cochran died on May 30, 2019 at a nursing home in Oxford, Mississippi at the age of 81.^[2] The cause of death was renal failure.^[3]

Thad Cochran Media

Cochran during his time in the House of Representatives
Cochran with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Thad Cochran, member of the United States Senate from Mississippi.
Senators Cochran (left) and Carl Levin (right) meet with Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon to discuss the budgeting, April 10, 2013.