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The Liberal Republican Party was new and short-lived. Did not seek re-election in the 1874–75 United States Senate elections. [28] 1873: 43rd: Liberal Republican: Republican: Jim Jeffords: Vermont: May 24, 2001: 107th: Republican: Independent: Caucused with the Democrats after becoming an independent, giving Democrats a majority in the US Senate.
The transition into today's Democratic Party was cemented in 1948, when Harry Truman introduced a pro-civil rights platform and, in response, many Democrats walked out and formed the Dixiecrats. Most rejoined the Democrats over the next decade, but in the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act.
Democratic: Roosevelt was re-elected as a Democrat. Albert Watson: South Carolina: 2nd: February–June 1965 90th: Democratic: Republican: Watson resigned his seat as a Democrat on February 1, 1965, and then won a special election as a Republican on June 15, 1965. Ogden Reid: New York: 26th: March 22, 1972 92nd: Republican: Democratic: Donald W ...
Independence from the Democratic… “I’m here to declare myself an independent candidate,” Kennedy told a crowd of supporters in Philadelphia. “I must declare my own independence.
Throughout this election cycle, Manchin had flirted with launching a third-party bid against Biden, a prospect that would have significantly damaged the incumbent Democrat in the general election ...
He was a Republican, then a Democrat (1932–1947), then a Progressive (1947–1953) 1952 – Wayne Morse, U.S. senator from Oregon (1945–1969), changed from Republican to Independent in 1952 [435] and Independent to Democrat on February 17, 1955 [436] 1974 – D. French Slaughter Jr., while a Virginia state delegate became an independent ...
On Dec. 11, Democrats and pundits analyzed the implications of Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema's announced switch from Democrat to independent.
Independent Democrat: Caucused with the Democrats. Lieberman was re-elected on the Connecticut for Lieberman ticket; however, he never formally joined that political party. Arlen Specter [2] Pennsylvania: April 28, 2009 111th: Republican: Democratic: Originally a Democrat Kyrsten Sinema [3] Arizona: December 9, 2022 117th: Democratic ...