What is Thad Cochran?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Thad Cochran |image = Thad Cochran official photo.jpg |jr/sr = United States Senator |state = [[Mississippi]] |term_start = December 27, 1978 |term_end = April 1, 2018 |predecessor = [[James Eastland]] |successor = [[Cindy Hyde-Smith]] {{Collapsed infobox section begin|Chairmanships}} |office1 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]] |term_start1 = January 3, 2015 |term_end1 = April 1, 2018 |predecessor1 = [[Barbara Mikulski]] |successor1 = [[Richard Shelby]] |term_start2 = January 3, 2005 |term_end2 = January 3, 2007 |predecessor2 = [[Ted Stevens]] |successor2 = [[Robert Byrd]] |office3 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry|Senate Agriculture Committee]] |term_start3 = January 3, 2003 |term_end3 = January 3, 2005 |predecessor3 = [[Tom Harkin]] |successor3 = [[Saxby Chambliss]] |office4 = [[Republican Conference Chairman of the United States Senate|Chair of the Senate Republican Conference]] |leader4 = [[Bob Dole]]<br>[[Trent Lott]] |term_start4 = January 3, 1991 |term_end4 = January 3, 1997 |predecessor4 = [[John Chafee]] |successor4 = [[Connie Mack III]] {{Collapsed infobox section end}} |state5 = [[Mississippi]] |district5 = {{ushr|MS|4|4th}} |term_start5 = January 3, 1973 |term_end5 = December 26, 1978 |predecessor5 = [[Gillespie V. Montgomery|Sonny Montgomery]] |successor5 = [[Jon Hinson]] |birth_name = William Thad Cochran |birth_date = {{birth date|1937|12|7}} |birth_place = [[Pontotoc, Mississippi]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|2019|5|30|1937|12|7}} |death_place = [[Oxford, Mississippi]], U.S. |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (1967–2019) |otherparty = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] (before 1967) |spouse = {{marriage|Rose Clayton|1964|2014|reason=her death}}<br>{{marriage|Kay Webber|2015|2019|reason