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For the last dozen years of his life, Bodron was a [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] for the liquor, [[tobacco]], health care, and [[insurance]] industries.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112543461|title=Ellis Barkett Bodrin|publisher=Findagrave.com from the ''Memphis (Tennessee) Commercial Appeal''|date=February 19, 1997|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref>  

For the last dozen years of his life, Bodron was a [[Lobbying|lobbyist]] for the liquor, [[tobacco]], health care, and [[insurance]] industries.<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=112543461|title=Ellis Barkett Bodrin|publisher=Findagrave.com from the ''Memphis (Tennessee) Commercial Appeal''|date=February 19, 1997|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref>  

Bodron was the Democratic nominee in 1972 for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Mississippi's 4th congressional district. He was defeated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Thad Cochran]], who six years later was elected to the [[United States Senate]], in which he still serves after a heated and contested runoff election against state Senator [[Chris McDaniel]] in 2014.

Bodron was the Democratic nominee in 1972 for the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Mississippi's 4th congressional district. He was defeated by the [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Thad Cochran]], who six years later was elected to the [[United States Senate]], in which he served until April 1, 2018, when he resigned because of health issues.

He died of brain cancer in the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in the capital city of [[Jackson]], Mississippi, and was survived by his wife, Jane Workman Bodron (March 17, 1934 &ndash; May 2, 2006) of Vicksburg;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jane-bodron/e62239508196|title=Jane Bodron|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref> a son, Lawrence E. Bodron of Vicksburg; a daughter, Helen E. Bodron, and three sisters.<ref name=obit/>

Bodron died of brain cancer in the Mississippi Baptist Medical Center in the capital city of [[Jackson]], Mississippi, and was survived by his wife, Jane Workman Bodron (March 17, 1934 &ndash; May 2, 2006) of Vicksburg;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/jane-bodron/e62239508196|title=Jane Bodron|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 11, 2017}}</ref> a son, Lawrence E. Bodron of Vicksburg; a daughter, Helen E. Bodron, and three sisters.<ref name=obit/>

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