Jim Jeffords

Jim Jeffords
Official portrait of Jim Jeffords
United States Senator
from Vermont
In office
January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2007
Preceded byRobert Stafford
Succeeded byBernie Sanders
Committee positions
1997–⁠2003
Chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
In office
June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003
Preceded byBob Smith
Succeeded byJim Inhofe
Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
In office
January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001
Preceded byTed Kennedy
Succeeded byTed Kennedy
In office
January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001
Preceded byNancy Kassebaum
Succeeded byTed Kennedy
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Vermont's at-large district
In office
January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1989
Preceded byRichard W. Mallary
Succeeded byPeter Plympton Smith
20th Attorney General of Vermont
In office
January 9, 1969 – January 3, 1973
GovernorDeane C. Davis
Preceded byJames L. Oakes
Succeeded byKimberly B. Cheney
Member of the Vermont Senate
from Rutland County
In office
January 4, 1967 – January 8, 1969
Serving with George W. F. Cook, Andrew Orzel, Ellery Purdy
Preceded byGeorge W. F. Cook
Ellery Purdy
William Burke
Succeeded byAndrew Orzel
Ellery Purdy
Sanborn Partridge
Robert West
Personal details
Born
James Merrill Jeffords

(1934-05-11)May 11, 1934
Rutland, Vermont, U.S.
DiedAugust 18, 2014(2014-08-18) (aged 80)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political partyRepublican (before 2001)
Independent (2001–2014)
Other political
affiliations
Senate Democratic Caucus (2001–2007)
Spouses
Liz Daley
(m. 1961; div. 1978)
(m. 1986; died 2007)
Children2
RelativesOlin M. Jeffords (father)
EducationYale University (BS)
Harvard University (JD)
SignatureSignature of Jim Jeffords
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Navy
Years of service1956–1959 (active)
1959–1990 (reserve)
RankCaptain
UnitUSS McNair
United States Navy Reserve
Battles/wars1956 Suez Crisis
1958 Lebanon crisis

James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become an independent and began caucusing with the Democrats. Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to serving in the Senate, he served as the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 1975 to 1989.

The son of Olin M. Jeffords, who served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, James Jeffords was born in Rutland, Vermont. He graduated from Yale University, served for three years in the United States Navy, and then attended Harvard Law School, from which he received his degree in 1962. Jeffords practiced law in southern Vermont and became a resident of Shrewsbury, where he was active in local politics and government as a Republican, including serving as chairman of the town's Republican committee. He served one term in the Vermont Senate (1967–1969), and two as Attorney General of Vermont (1969–1973). He lost the 1972 Republican primary for Governor of Vermont, but won the election for Vermont's lone seat in the United States House of Representatives in 1974. He served in the House from 1975 to 1989; in 1988 he was the successful Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat held by the retiring Robert Stafford.

Jeffords served in the Senate from 1989 until 2007, winning reelection in 1994 and 2000. In 2001, he left the Republican Party to become an independent, and began to caucus with the Senate's Democrats. His switch changed control of the Senate from Republican to Democratic, the first time a switch had ever changed party control. During his Senate career, Jeffords served as chairman of the Public Works and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committees.

Jeffords did not run for reelection in 2006 and retired at the end of his term. He was succeeded by Bernie Sanders. Jeffords retired to Shrewsbury in 2007. After the death of his wife, he moved to the Washington, D.C. area to live closer to his children. He died in 2014 from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease, and was buried in Shrewsbury.


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