Thad Cochran is the senior United States Senator from the State of Mississippi.

 

He was elected to the Senate in 1978 and has been re-elected six times by the people of Mississippi.

 

Senator Cochran is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, having also served in this position during the 109th Congress (2005-2006).  He is also a senior member of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.  The Senator also serves as a member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration. 

 

Thad Cochran earned his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Mississippi and studied international law for a year under a Rotary Foundation Fellowship at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.  He has been awarded honorary degrees from five other colleges and universities.