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
Official portrait, 2007
Cochran during his time in the House of Representatives
Cochran with President Ronald Reagan in 1981
Cochran in the 90s
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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…in 1972, taking 78.2 percent of the statewide popular vote. Another Republican candidate that year, Gil Carmichael, who ran for U.S. Senate against James Eastland, only finished with 38 percent of the vote, largely because of Nixon steadfastly backing Eastland. Another factor for Cochran's win was black turnout…
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Senator Eastland with President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.
Official U.S. Senate portrait of Eastland