Jim Douglas

Jim Douglas
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 Howard Dean
Preceded by	James A. Guest
Succeeded by	Donald M. Hooper
Personal details
Born	James Holley Douglas (1951-06-21) June 21, 1951 (age 72) 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, DC.