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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 .
James Merrill „Jim“ Jeffords war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der von 1989 bis 2007 den Bundesstaat Vermont im US-Senat vertrat. Der ehemalige Republikaner trat 2001 aus seiner Partei aus und war bis zu seinem Ausscheiden das einzige unabhängige Senatsmitglied. Er trat bei den Senatswahlen im November 2006 nicht wieder an ...
James Wellman „Jim“ Jeffords (* 6. Dezember 1926 in Brookfield; † 6. März 2014 in Palm Desert) war ein US-amerikanischer Autorennfahrer
19. Aug. 2014 · Jim Jeffords, the former senator from Vermont who single-handedly redrew the national political map in 2001 when, after a quarter-century as a moderate Republican lawmaker, he declared himself an...
18. Aug. 2014 · Inside the Senate chamber, an even bigger storm was brewing -- James Jeffords, the venerable patrician Senator from Vermont, had informed Democratic and Republican party leaders that he was...
18. Aug. 2014 · Jim Jeffords, who shifted the balance of power in the Senate when he bolted from the Republican Party in 2001, died on Monday. The former Vermont lawmaker had been in declining health and died...
21. Aug. 2014 · Jim drew national attention when he quit the Republican Party in 2001, became an Independent and gave control of the Senate to the Democrats. Jim, a lifelong moderate Republican, often said he...
