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Jim Jeffords
James Merrill "Jim" Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was a U.S. Senator from Vermont. Sworn in to 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. He retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to the Senate, he served as the U.S. Representative for from 1975 to 1989.
==Background==
Jeffords was born in Rutland, Vermont, the son of Marion (née Hausman) and Olin Merrill Jeffords, who served as Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court.〔Vermont Secretary of State, (Vermont Legislative Directory and State Manual ), 1985, page 446〕 He had said that his mother was a relative of French architect Georges-Eugène Haussmann.〔James M. Jeffords, (An Independent Man: Adventures of a Public Servant ), 2003, page 12〕 Jeffords graduated from Yale University in 1956 and Harvard Law School in 1962.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Jim Jeffords )〕 After three years of active duty in the United States Navy (1956–1959), Jeffords served in the Naval Reserves until retiring as a Captain in 1990. During 1962 and 1963 he was a law clerk for Ernest W. Gibson, Jr., Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont, afterwards practicing law in Rutland.
A longtime resident of Shrewsbury, Jeffords became active in politics and government in the 1960s as Shrewsbury's Grand Juror, Town Agent and Zoning Administrator, in addition to serving as Chairman of the town's Republican committee. He also served as Rutland County's Chairman of the Board of Property Tax Appeals.〔Marquis Who's Who, (Who's Who in Government ), Volume 3, 1977, page 300〕
Jeffords married his late wife, Elizabeth "Liz" Daley twice. Their first marriage was in 1961; in June 1978, the couple divorced. On August 26, 1986, they married again, 25 years after their first marriage. Liz Jeffords died on the morning of April 13, 2007, after a long struggle with ovarian cancer. Senator Jeffords and his wife had two children, Leonard and Laura, both of whom live and work in the Washington, D.C., area. After his wife's death, Jeffords resided in Washington, D.C., a move he made in order to live near his son and daughter.〔James M. Jeffords, (An Independent Man: Adventures of a Public Servant ), 2003, page 291〕
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