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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; chairman: subcommittee on Agriculture Appropriations; subcommittee 
on International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services; 
committees: Appropriations; Governmental Affairs; Agriculture, 
Nutrition, and Forestry; Rules and Administration; Joint Committee on 
the Library; Joint Committee on Printing; elected chairman of the Senate 
Republican Conference in 1990; reelected chairman in 1992 and 1994.


                  Office Listings

 http://www.senate.gov/cochran    [email protected]

326 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, DC        (202) 224-5054
 20510-2402............................................
  Chief of Staff.--Mark E. Keenum.
  Legislative Director.--James Lofton.
  Office Manager.--Patricia Doty.
Suite 614, 188 East Capitol Street, Jackson, MS 39201..   (601) 965-4459
P.O. Box 1434, Oxford, MS 38655........................   (601) 236-1018