Congressional Directory for the 105th Congress (1997-1998), June 1997.
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    THAD COCHRAN, Republican, of Jackson, MS; born in Pontotoc, MS, 
December 7, 1937; graduated, Byram High School, 1955; B.A., University 
of Mississippi, 1959; J.D., University of Mississippi Law School, 1965; 
received a Rotary Foundation Fellowship and studied international law 
and jurisprudence at Trinity College, University of Dublin, Ireland, 
1963-64; served in U.S. Navy, 1959-61; admitted to Mississippi bar in 
1965; board of directors, Jackson Rotary Club, 1970-71; Outstanding 
Young Man of the Year Award, Junior Chamber of Commerce in Mississippi, 
1971; president, young lawyers section of Mississippi State bar, 1972-
73; cochairman of the Sunbelt Caucus, 1994; married the former Rose 
Clayton of New Albany, MS, 1964; two children: Clayton and Katherine; 
elected to the 93rd Congress, November 7, 1972; reelected to 94th and 
95th Congresses; elected to the U.S. Senate, November 7, 1978, for the 
six-year term beginning January 3, 1979; subsequently appointed by the 
governor, December 27, 1978, to fill the vacancy caused by the 
resignation of Senator James O. Eastland; reelected November 6, 1984; 
reelected November 6, 1990 without opposition; reelected November 5, 
1996; chair: subcommittees on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related 
Agencies, and Production and Price Competitiveness; committees: 
Appropriations, Governmental Affairs, Agriculture, Nutrition and 
Forestry and Rules Administration, Joint Committee on the Library, Joint 
Committee on Printing; elected chairman of the Senate Republican 
Conference in 1990; reelected chairman, 1992 and 1994.


                  Office Listings                                       
 http://www.senate.gov/cochran    [email protected]
                                                                        
326 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC                      
 20510-2402............................................         224-5054
  Chief of Staff.--Mark Eikeenum.                                       
  Legislative Director.--James Lofton.                                  
  Administrative Assistant.--Haley Fisackerly.                          
  Legislative Director.--M.D.B. Carlisle.                               
Suite 614, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 965-4459
  Administrative Assistant.--Wiley Carter.                              
P.O. Box 1434, Oxford, MS 38655........................   (601) 236-1018