Cindy Hyde-Smith

A Senator from Mississippi. Born in Brookhaven, Miss. , May 10, 1959. Graduated Copiah-Lincoln Community College. B. A. , University of Southern Mississippi, 1981. Cattle farmer. Member of the Mississippi state senate 2000-2012. Mississippi state commissioner of agriculture and commerce 2012-2018. Appointed as a Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thad Cochran. Took the oath of office on April 9, 2018. Subsequently elected in a special election on November 27, 2018. Reelected in 2020 for the term ending January 3, 2027.