What is Jim Douglas?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Jim Douglas |image = Jim Douglas-2009.jpg |order = 80th [[List of governors of Vermont|Governor of Vermont]] |lieutenant = [[Brian Dubie]] |term_start = January 9, 2003 |term_end = January 6, 2011 |predecessor = [[Howard Dean]] |successor = [[Peter Shumlin]] |office1 = Chair of the [[National Governors Association]] |term_start1 = July 20, 2009 |term_end1 = July 11, 2010 |predecessor1 = [[Ed Rendell]] |successor1 = [[Joe Manchin]] |office2 = 28th [[Vermont State Treasurer|Treasurer of Vermont]] |governor2 = Howard Dean |term_start2 = January 5, 1995 |term_end2 = January 9, 2003 |predecessor2 = [[Paul W. Ruse Jr.]] |successor2 = [[Jeb Spaulding]] |office3 = 34th [[Secretary of State of Vermont]] |governor3 = [[Richard A. Snelling]]<br />[[Madeleine Kunin]]<br />Howard Dean |term_start3 = January 8, 1981 |term_end3 = January 7, 1993 |predecessor3 = [[James A. Guest]] |successor3 = [[Donald M. Hooper]] |birth_name = James Holley Douglas |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|6|21}} |birth_place = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Dorothy Foster |education = [[Middlebury College]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}} }} '''James Holley Douglas''' (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician and academic. He is a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]. He was elected the [[List of governors of Vermont|80th governor of the state]] of Vermont in 2002 and was reelected three times with a majority of the vote. He left the office in January 2011.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/268977|title=The governor becomes a teacher|date=2010-11-05|work=Middlebury|access-date=2018-03-13|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313214314/http://www.middlebury.edu/newsroom/node/268977|archive-date=2018-03-13|url-status=live}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}