Thad Cochran, the Republican senator from Mississippi who served for some four decades, has died at the age of 81, his successor, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, said on Thursday.

Former Sen. Thad Cochran, a soft-spoken but powerful Republican who represented Mississippi in Congress for more than four decades, died Thursday at age 81, his longtime spokesman Chris Gallegos said.

Thad Cochran, a courtly Mississippi Republican who cultivated his constituents for 45 years as a congressman and United States senator with traditional catfish fries, Southern charm and billions ...

Former Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), who served in Congress for more than 45 years, died early Thursday morning at the age of 81. Cochran, who served most recently as the Senate Appropriations ...

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, who served seven terms and used seniority to steer billions of dollars to his home state of Mississippi, has died. He was 81. Cochran’s ...

This article was originally published on June 24, 2014, during Thad Cochran’s last Senate race. When Thad Cochran agreed last fall to speak to my politics class at the University of Mississippi ...

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) said Thursday that he will return to the Senate on Oct. 16 following “recent treatment for urological issues.

U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran -- the Mississippi Republican whose 2014 primary campaign drew national attention over an aspiring blogger's photos of his bedridden wife -- has married his longtime aide ...

Longtime Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., died Thursday at the age of 81, according to his successor's office.Cochran, who retired in April 2018 after representing the Magnolia State in Congress for ...

A Mississippi man who last week pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy for videotaping the ailing wife of Sen. Thad Cochran has been sentenced to five years in prison, though he will be ...

MADISON, Miss. (WLBT) - The son of a late U.S. Senator is behind bars Sunday after being arrested on stalking, trespassing, and disorderly conduct charges. On May 9, Thaddeus Clayton Cochran was ...