James Eastland
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James Oliver Eastland was an American attorney, plantation owner, and politician from Mississippi. A Democrat, he served in the United States Senate in 1941 and again from 1943 until his resignation i
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Senator Eastland with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.
Official U.S. Senate portrait of Eastland
Thad Cochran
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William Thad Cochran was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. A Republican, he previously served in the U.S. House of Representa
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…Democrats, who increasingly supported Republican positions on many national issues. The Republicans worked to elect two House candidates, Trent Lott and Thad Cochran, both of whom later became influential U.S. senators. Recognizing that Nixon would handily carry Mississippi, Eastland did not endorse the Democratic…
Official portrait, 2007
Cochran during his time in the House of Representatives
Cochran with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Cochran in the 90s