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Jim Jeffords | |
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United States Senator from Vermont | |
In office January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007 | |
Preceded by | Robert Stafford |
Succeeded by | Bernie Sanders |
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | |
In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Robert C. Smith |
Succeeded by | Jim Inhofe |
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions | |
In office January 20 – June 6, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Ted Kennedy |
Succeeded by | Ted Kennedy |
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001 | |
Preceded by | Nancy Landon Kassebaum |
Succeeded by | Ted Kennedy |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's At-large district | |
In office January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1989 | |
Preceded by | Richard W. Mallary |
Succeeded by | Peter P. Smith |
Personal details | |
Born | James Merrill Jeffords May 11, 1934 Rutland, Vermont |
Died | August 18, 2014 Washington, D.C. | (aged 80)
Nationality | American |
Political party | Republican (1966–2001) Independent (2001–2014) |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Daley (d. 2007) |
Residence | Shrewsbury, Vermont |
Alma mater | Yale University Harvard Law School |
Occupation | Attorney |
Religion | Congregationalist |
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American politician. He was a United States Senator from Vermont. He served as senator from January 3, 1989 through January 3, 2007. Before being senator, Jeffords served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Vermont.
He was elected as a Republican, then he left the party to become a Independent. That gave control of the Senate to the Democratic Party.
Jeffords died on August 18, 2014 from Alzheimer's disease, at Knollwood, a military retirement facility in Washington, D.C., where he had lived for eight years. He was 80 years old.[1]
References
- ↑ Associated Press (August 18, 2014). "Former US Senator Jim Jeffords dead at 80". http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/former-us-senator-jim-jeffords-dead/27583602#!bFDR93. Retrieved August 18, 2014.
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