Jim Jeffords
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Jim Jeffords was an American politician from Vermont who served in the U.S. House and Senate and became nationally known for leaving the Republican Party in 2001 to become an independent, shifting control of the Senate to the Democrats.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American politician
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United States representative ⓘ United States senator ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater |
Harvard Law School
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Yale University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | James Merrill Jeffords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Northam Cemetery, Shrewsbury, Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| caucusedWith | Democratic Party in the U.S. Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | Alzheimer's disease ⓘ |
| chairpersonOf |
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
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Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Vietnam War ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1934-05-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2014-08-18 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard Law School
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Yale University ⓘ |
| endTime |
U.S. House service 1989
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United States Senate service 2007 ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| ideology |
liberal Republican
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moderate Republican ⓘ |
| knownFor |
advocacy for education funding
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environmental protection legislation ⓘ |
| memberOfPoliticalParty |
Democratic Party (caucus)
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Independent politician ⓘ Republican Party ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | United States Navy ⓘ |
| nickname | Jim Jeffords NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
leaving the Republican Party in 2001 to become an independent
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shifting control of the U.S. Senate to the Democrats in 2001 by changing party affiliation ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 2 ⓘ |
| occupation | politician ⓘ |
| partySwitchDate | 2001-06 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rutland, Vermont, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Washington, D.C.
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surface form:
Washington, D.C., United States
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| positionHeld |
Attorney General of Vermont
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United States Representative from Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senator from Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Congregationalism ⓘ |
| representedDistrict | Vermont at-large congressional district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| representedState | Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedAs | chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee during the 107th Congress ⓘ |
| spouse |
Elizabeth Daley Jeffords
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Susan Caswell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
U.S. House service 1975
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United States Senate service 1989 ⓘ |
| stateOfPrimaryResidence | Vermont NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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