Jim Jeffords
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 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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Education amendments of 1978. May 11, 1978. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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Vocational education and national institute of education amendments of 1976. May 4, 1976. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to...
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Farm Credit Act amendments of 1980. Report together with supplemental and additional views and including Congressional Budget Office cost estimate on H.R. 7548 a bill to amend the...
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Service contract act amendments of 1976. September 16, 1976. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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Authorizing appropriations for Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. March 28, 1977. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to...
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Conscientious objection to joining a labor organization. October 27, 1977. -- Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed.
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Federal law enforcement officers' and firefighter's death benefits act of 1980. March 19, 1980. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and order...
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Coverage of medical housestaff under the National Labor Relations Act. October 10, 1979. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to b...
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Coverage of medical housestaff under the National Labor Relations Act. March 16, 1978. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be...
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Emergency job programs stop-gap extension. April 8, 1976. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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Full employment and balanced growth act of 1978. February 22, 1978. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Full employment and balanced growth act of 1976. May 15, 1976. -- Ordered to be printed.
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Youth employment and innovative demonstration projects act of 1977. May 13, 1977. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be print...
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Asbestos school hazard detection and control act of 1979. May 15, 1979. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act of 1966 amendments of 1975. March 17, 1975. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered...
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Child nutrition amendments of 1978. May 15, 1978. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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Education for all handicapped children act of 1975. June 26, 1975. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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Hunger Relief Act of 1984.
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Indochina refugee children assistance act of 1975. December 12, 1975. -- Committed to the Committee on the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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Community Services Act technical amendments of 1975. November 20, 1975. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed.
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