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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

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

|birth_place=Pontococ, [[Mississippi]]

|birth_place=Pontococ, [[Mississippi]]

|spouse=(1) Rose Clayton Cochran (married 1964-2014, her death)<br>

|spouse=(1) Rose Clayton Cochran (married 1964-2014, her death)<br>

Two children from first marriage

Two children from first marriage

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|religion=[[Baptist]]

|offices=

|office=[[United States Senator]] from Mississippi

|term_start=December 27, 1978

|state=Mississippi

|term_end=April 1, 2018

|terms=December 27, 1978 – April 1, 2018

|predceded=James Oliver Eastland

|preceded=James Oliver Eastland

|succeeded=[[Cindy Hyde-Smith]]

|office2=[[U.S. Representative]] for Mississippi's 4th congressional districtssissippi

|succeeded=[[Cindy Hyde-Smith]]  

|term_start2=January 3, 1973

|term_end2=December 26, 1978

|preceded2=Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery

|state=Mississippi

|succeeded2=John Clifton Hinson}}

|district=4th

 

|terms=January 3, 1973 – December 26, 1978

|preceded=Gillespie V. "Sonny" Montgomery

|former=

|succeeded=Jon Hinson

}}

'''William Thaddeus Cochran''', known as '''Thad Cochran''' (born December 7, 1937) (age {{age|1937|12|7}}), is 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.

'''William Thaddeus Cochran''', known as '''Thad Cochran''' (born December 7, 1937) (age {{age|1937|12|7}}), is 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.