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Senate Years of Service: 1989- Party: Democrat; Independent Democrat
LIEBERMAN, Joseph I., a Senator from Connecticut; born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Ct.,
February 24, 1942; attended Stamford public schools; graduated from Yale
University 1964; received law degree from Yale Law School 1967; member of
Connecticut state senate 1970-1980, majority leader 1974-1980; attorney general
of Connecticut 1983, 1986-1988; author; elected as a Democrat to the United
States Senate in 1988; reelected as a Democrat in 1994 and 2000; reelected as
an Independent Democrat in 2006 for the term ending January 3, 2013; chair,
Committee on Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20,
2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]), Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs (One Hundred Tenth and One Hundred Eleventh Congresses);
unsuccessful candidate for vice president on Democratic ticket with Al Gore,
Jr., in 2000; unsuccessful candidate for Democratic nomination for president,
2004.
BibliographyLieberman, Joseph and Hadassah.
An Amazing Adventure: Joe and Hadassahs Personal Notes on the 2000
Campaign. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2003; Lieberman, Joseph.
In Praise of Public Life. New York: Simon & Schuster,
2000.
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