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Thad Cochran

Senator Thad Cochran's Biography

Full Name: Thad Cochran
Office: U.S. Senate (MS) - Sr, Republican
First Elected: 11/07/1978
Last Elected: 11/04/2008
Next Election: 2014
Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Rose; 2 Children: Clayton, Katherine
Birth Date: 12/07/1937
Birth Place: Pontotoc, MS
Home City: Jackson, MS
Religion: Baptist

JD, University of Mississippi Law School, 1965
BA, Political Science, University of Mississippi, 1959
BA, Psychology, University of Mississippi, 1959
Graduated, United States Navy School of Justice, Newport, Rhode Island

Senator, United States Senate, 1978-present
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1972-1978
Executive Director, Mississippi Citizens for Nixon-Agnew, 1968

Chair, Senate Republican Conference
Former Member, Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Public Works and Transportation Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Republican Policy Committee, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Republican Task Force to Study the Energy Crisis
Former Member, Select Committee on Ethics, United States House of Representatives
Former Member, Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development & Related Programs, United States Senate

Attorney, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Mississippi, 1965
Partner, Watkins & Eager, Jackson, Mississippi, 1965
Instructor, Military Law, Officer Candidate School, 1962-1964
Instructor, Naval Orientation, Officer Candidate School, 1962-1964
Legal Officer, USS MACON, United States Naval Reserve, 1961
Lieutenant, United States Naval Reserve, 1959-1961
Partner, Watkins and Eager Law Firm

President, Young Lawyers Division of the Mississippi Bar Association, 1972-1973
Member, Board of Directors, Jackson Rotary Club, 1970-1971
Member, Board of Visitors, Air Force Academy
Eagle Scout, Boy Scouts of America
Co-Chair, House/Senate International Education Study Group
Member, Board of Trustees, Kennedy Center
Member, Migratory Bird Conservation Commission
Chair of the Board, Military Academy at West Point
Attorney, Mississippi Bar
Board Member, Museum of American History
Member, National Educations Goals Panel
Member, Northminster Baptist Church
Conference Chair, Republican Leadership
Member, Board of Regents, Smithsonian Institution
Board Member, United States Naval Academy
Former Charter President, American Field Service, Mississippi Chapter
Former Chair, Legal Services Program, Jackson Junior Bar
Former President, Jackson Men's Y Club
Former Chair, Mississippi Law Institute
Former Board Member, Mississippi Opera Incorporated
Former President, Pi Kappa Alpha

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Contact Information

Washington, D.C. Webmail

Washington, D.C. Website

Washington, D.C.
113 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510

Phone: 202-224-5054

District
United States Federal Courthouse
911 East Jackson Avenue
Suite 249

Oxford, MS 38655

Phone: 662-236-1018

District
190 East Capitol Street
Suite 550

Jackson, MS 39201

Phone: 601-965-4459

District
2012 15th Street
Suite 451

Gulfport, MS 39501

Phone: 228-867-9710

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