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Senator State Date Congress Old party New party Notes Jim Jeffords: Vermont: June 6, 2001 107th: Republican: Independent Caucused with the Democrats. Gave Democrats temporary control of the senate. Joe Lieberman: Connecticut: 2006 110th: Democratic: Independent Democrat: Caucused with the Democrats.
His switch became the only time in US history that a party switch resulted in a change of party control of the Senate. [29] [30] Robert M. La Follette Jr. Wisconsin: May 1934: 74th: Republican: Wisconsin Progressive: Co-founded the Wisconsin Progressive Party and was re-elected to Senate on that ticket in 1934 and 1940. [31] 1946: 79th ...
1893 – William M. Stewart, U.S. senator from Nevada (1864–1875 and 1887–1905) switched to the Silver Party [326] 1895 – John P. Jones, U.S. senator from Nevada (1873–1903) switched to Silver Party [327] 1896 – Wharton Barker, former Republican activist, switched to the Populist Party and was a presidential candidate in 1900.
The party the person left is likely to consider the party-switcher to be a Benedict Arnold. Some politicians have also switched parties to improve their chances for reelection. Arlen Specter, a former US Senator of Pennsylvania, cited his uncertainty of winning a Republican primary as one reason for his move to the Democratic Party. [11]
Another notable switch took place in 2001 when Senator Jim Jeffords of Vermont left the Republican Party to become a political independent, which placed the Senate in Democratic control. [24] Another notable example is when in April 2009, Arlen Specter , a Republican senator from Pennsylvania , switched to the Democratic Party.
The chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, Anderson Clayton, at the time called Cotham’s party switch “a deceit of the highest order.”. In August, Mecklenburg County Democrats ...
A moderate California Democratic state lawmaker announced Thursday that she is switching to the Republican Party while criticizing her former party's leadership and policies. State Sen. Marie ...
List of American politicians who switched parties in office; List of party switchers in the United States; List of United States representatives who switched parties; List of United States senators who switched parties