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Gift of the Family of Former State Rep. Muriel Yacavone, 2023.39.17, Connecticut Museum of Cult ...
Joseph Lieberman
Gift of the Family of Former State Rep. Muriel Yacavone, 2023.39.17, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

Joseph Lieberman

American, 1942 - 2024
BiographyJoseph I. Lieberman was born on 24 February 1942 in Stamford, Connecticut. He served as a member of the Connecticut State Senate 1970-1980, and as Attorney General of Connecticut in 1983 and 1986-1988. He was 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. Lieberman was an unsuccessful candidate for Vice President on the Democratic ticket with Al Gore, Jr., in 2000, and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 2004. He was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2012. He died on 27 March 2024.


Source: Lieberman, Joseph I. (1942-). Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. (n.d.). https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=l000304
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