Jim Douglas
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| 80th Governor of Vermont | |
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In office January 9, 2003 – January 6, 2011 |
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| Lieutenant | Brian Dubie |
| Preceded by | Howard Dean |
| Succeeded by | Peter Shumlin |
| 28th Vermont State Treasurer | |
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In office January 5, 1995 – January 9, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Paul W. Ruse Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Jeb Spaulding |
| 34th Secretary of State of Vermont | |
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In office January 8, 1981 – January 7, 1993 |
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| Preceded by | James Guest |
| Succeeded by | Donald M. Hooper |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives | |
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In office 1972-1979 |
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| Personal details | |
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James Holley Douglas June 21, 1951 Springfield, Massachusetts, United States |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Foster |
| Alma mater | Middlebury College |
| Religion | United Church of Christ |
James Holley "Jim" Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Vermont, in the United States. A Republican, he was elected the 80th governor of the state in 2002 and was reelected three times with a majority of the vote. 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 3, 2011, Douglas became an executive in residence at Middlebury College where he taught a 24 student course titled Vermont Government and Politics. Douglas is the interim director of the Vermont Historical Society.
Douglas currently serves on the Governors’ Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
Douglas was born in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. In 1968, he graduated from East Longmeadow High School in the town of East Longmeadow, Massachusetts. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont, where he had been active in the College Republicans, eventually becoming chairman. At Middlebury College, Douglas was a Russian Studies major. Vermont maintains a sister-state relationship with the Republic of Karelia, Russia, though this relationship was started in 1991 under the governorship of Madeline Kunin.
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