Jim Douglas | |
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80th Governor of Vermont | |
In office January 9, 2003 – January 6, 2011 | |
Lieutenant | Brian Dubie |
Preceded by | Howard Dean |
Succeeded by | Peter Shumlin |
Chair of the National Governors Association | |
In office July 20, 2009 – July 11, 2010 | |
Preceded by | Ed Rendell |
Succeeded by | Joe Manchin |
28th Treasurer of Vermont | |
In office January 5, 1995 – January 9, 2003 | |
Governor | Howard Dean |
Preceded by | Paul W. Ruse Jr. |
Succeeded by | Jeb Spaulding |
34th Secretary of State of Vermont | |
In office January 8, 1981 – January 7, 1993 | |
Governor | Richard A. Snelling Madeleine Kunin Richard A. Snelling Howard Dean |
Preceded by | James A. Guest |
Succeeded by | Donald M. Hooper |
Personal details | |
Born | James Holley Douglas June 21, 1951 Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Dorothy Foster |
Education | Middlebury College (BA) |
James Holley Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served as the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. He left the office in January 2011.
On January 6, 2011, Douglas became an executive in residence at Middlebury College[1] where he taught a 24 student course titled Vermont Government and Politics.[2] Douglas is the interim director of the Vermont Historical Society.[3]
Douglas currently serves on the Governors' Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.