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'''Thad Cochran''' (born December 7, 1937) is the senior [[Republican]] United States Senator from Mississippi. A [[conservative]], Cochran will complete his fifth term in office in 2008.
|name=Thad Cochran
|image=Thad Cochran.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Rose Clayton Cochran
|religion=Baptist
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Mississippi
|terms=December 27, 1978 – Present
|preceded=James Eastland
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Mississippi
|district=4th
|terms=January 3, 1973 – December 26, 1978
|preceded=Sonny Montgomery
|former=n
|succeeded=Jon Hinson
}}
}}
'''Thad Cochran''' (born December 7, 1937) is the senior [[Republican]] United States Senator from Mississippi. A [[conservative]], Cochran is serving his fifth term in office.
Cochran was the first Republican to hold statewide office in [[Mississippi]] since [[Reconstruction]], and in April 2006 he was honored by Time magazine as one of "America's 10 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]], and in April 2006 he was honored by Time magazine as one of "America's 10 Best Senators."<ref>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1183976,00.html</ref>