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|image=Thad Cochran.jpg

|image=Thad Cochran.jpg

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]

|birth_date=December 7, 1937(age {{age|1937|12|7}})

|birth_date=December 7, 1937

|birth_place=Pontococ, [[Mississippi]]

|birth_place=Pontococ, [[Mississippi]]

|death_date=May 30, 2019 (aged 81)

|death_date=May 30, 2019 (aged 81)

|succeeded2=John Clifton Hinson}}

|succeeded2=John Clifton Hinson}}

'''William Thaddeus Cochran''', known as '''Thad Cochran''' (December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was a senior [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Mississippi]]. A [[RINO]] in his later senatorial years, Cochran was serving his fifth term in office when he resigned in the spring of 2018 because of serious health issues. He died a year later.

'''William Thaddeus Cochran''', known as '''Thad Cochran''' (December 7, 1937 – May 30, 2019) was the former senior [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[United States Senator]] from [[Mississippi]]. A [[RINO]] in his later senatorial years, Cochran was serving his fifth term in office when he resigned in the spring of 2018 because of serious health issues. He died a year later.

Cochran was the first Republican to hold statewide office in Mississippi since [[Reconstruction]]. In April 2006, he was honored by ''[[Time magazine]]'' as one of "America's Ten Best Senators."<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183976,00.html</ref>

Cochran was the first Republican to hold statewide office in Mississippi since [[Reconstruction]]. In April 2006, he was honored by ''[[Time magazine]]'' as one of "America's Ten Best Senators."<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183976,00.html</ref>