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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cochran’s wife died in December at the age of 73 after living in a nursing home for 13 years.The 77-year-old Mississippi senator married long-time aide Kay Webber in late May.

Portrait of Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., from 1985. A year earlier, he easily won a high-profile race for re-election over former Democratic Gov. William F. Winter.

Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) married his longtime aide Kay Webber Saturday in a private ceremony, his office announced Monday. Cochran’s office said in a one-sentence statement that the two were ...

SEN. THAD COCHRAN, R-Miss., speaks to supporters following his victory over Democrat Travis Childers and Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara in 2014.

JACKSON, Miss. — Sen. Thad Cochran's office manager in Washington has been arrested and charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute and allegedly told authorities he was ...

Rose Cochran, wife of Mississippi Senator Thad Cochran and the victim of a shocking alleged burglary by conservative activists in the 2014 election, has died.