- May 30, 2019
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Former Republican U.S Senator Thad Cochran has passed away at 81
Listen to this articleFormer Republican U.S Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi has passed away at age 81. His death comes 14 months after he resigned from his Senate seat in April 2018 over health issues. The resignation of Republican put an end to 45 years in which the late senator served in the U.S Congress. A statement issued from the office of his successor, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith that Thad Cochran passed away peacefully on Thursday morning in Oxford.
The U.S President Donald Trump will soon after landing in Colorado on a trip to the Air Force Academy. He also tweeted about the death of Cochran and called the late senator a “friend”. Trump wrote, “Very sad to hear the news on the passing of my friend, Senator Thad Cochran. He was a real Senator with incredible values, even flew back to Senate from Mississippi for important Healthcare Vote when he was desperately ill. Thad never let our Country (or me) down”!
Very sad to hear the news on the passing of my friend, Senator Thad Cochran. He was a real Senator with incredible values – even flew back to Senate from Mississippi for important Healthcare Vote when he was desperately ill. Thad never let our Country (or me) down!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 30, 2019
Hyde-Smith’s office pointed out in the statement that “The late senator was a Navy veteran who served as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee and that his family extends its gratitude for the support shown to the Senator by Mississippians over the years”.
Cochran was first elected to the Senate in 1978. He was the first Republican in more than a century to be elected to statewide office in the state of Mississippi. He served for 3 terms in the House of Representatives before that election. He was the 10th longest serving senator in American history at the time of his retirement. He said in a statement at the time of his retirement, “It has been a great honor to serve the people of Mississippi and our country. I’ve done my best to make decisions in the best interest of our nation, and my beloved state. My top concern has always been my constituents of Mississippi”.
