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‘Gentleman’ Thad Cochran, Mississippi’s ‘Quiet Persuader’ in the U.S. Senate, dead at 81

Geoff Pender, Mississippi Clarion Ledger Comments Off on ‘Gentleman’ Thad Cochran, Mississippi’s ‘Quiet Persuader’ in the U.S. Senate, dead at 81

Cochran was first elected to the Senate in 1978, becoming the first Republican in more than 100 years to win a statewide election in Mississippi.

Geoff Pender, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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