Independent Democrat is a term occasionally adopted by members of Congress in the United States to refer to their party affiliation. Adnan Pachachi Adnan Pachachi (born on May 14, 1923 in Baghdad), is the scion of a Sunni Arab family with a long tradition in Iraqi politics. ... The Assembly of Independent Democrats is one of the electoral coalitions that participated in the January 30, 2005 National Assembly legislative election in Iraq. ... A Congressman or Congresswoman (generically, Congressperson) is a politician who is a member of a Congress. ...

The first Independent Democrat in the United States House of Representatives was Zadok Casey in the mid-1800s. Casey was a Jacksonian Democrat before becoming an Independent.^{[citation needed]} The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is one of the two chambers of the United States Congress; the other is the Senate. ... Zadok Casey founded the city of Mount Vernon, Illinois, around 1817. ... Beginning of the Napoleonic Wars (1805 - 1815). ... Jacksonian democracy is the term used in American politics to describe the period when the common man participated in the government, occurring after Jeffersonian democracy. ...

Strom Thurmond was elected to the Senate in 1954 and served as an Independent Democrat for the 84th Congress until his resignation on April 4, 1956.^{[citation needed]} In November of that year he was elected as a Democrat to fill the vacancy created by his resignation^[1]. Thurmond later became a member of the Republican Party in 1964.^{[citation needed]} James Strom Thurmond (December 5, 1902 – June 26, 2003) was an American politician who served as governor of South Carolina and as a United States Senator representing that state. ... Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eighty-fourth United States Congress was in session from 1955 to 1957. ... is the 94th day of the year (95th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party [1]), is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ...

Harry F. Byrd, Jr., a senator from Virginia, left the Democratic Party in 1970. He continued to caucus with the Democrats and referred to himself as an Independent Democrat.^{[citation needed]} Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman served as a Democrat but was defeated for the Democratic nomination in the 2006 Connecticut primary by the businessman Ned Lamont by a 52%-48% margin. Lieberman decided to run as an independent in the general election and won under the self-created Connecticut for Lieberman Party, defeating Lamont – the official Democratic candidate – and the Republican candidate with 49 percent of the vote. Lieberman decided to caucus with the Democrats in the 110th United States Congress, referring to himself as "an Independent Democrat, capital I, capital D," in an interview with Tim Russert on NBC's Meet the Press a week following the midterm elections, thus assuring Senate Democrats that they would hold the 51-49 majority they won in that year's elections. He is officially listed as an "Independent Democrat" in U.S. Senate records for the 110th Congress. [1] This is distinct from Bernie Sanders of Vermont who is officially listed as an Independent (not an "Independent Democrat"), but who also caucuses with the Democrats. Joseph Isadore Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician from Connecticut. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Edward Miner Lamont, Jr. ... Connecticut for Lieberman is the Connecticut political party created by twenty-five supporters of Senator Joe Lieberman, its sole candidate for office. ... United States Capitol (2002) // The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the Senate and the House of Representatives. ... Timothy John Russert, Jr. ... NBC (a former acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Meet the Press (MTP) is a weekly television news show produced by NBC. It started as a radio show in 1945 as American Mercury Presents: Meet the Press, originating from WRC-AM in Washington. ... United States Capitol (2002) // The One Hundred Tenth United States Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, comprised of the Senate and the House of Representatives. ... Bernard Bernie Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is the current junior United States Senator from Vermont. ...

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