William Thad Cochran (born December 7 1937) is the senior United States Senator from Mississippi and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the Senate in 1978 he is currently the ranking member of the Senate Agriculture Committee having previously chaired that Committee from 2003 to 2005 and also chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee from 2005 to 2007. Cochran is the third most-senior Senator and the second most-senior Republican member.
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