Joseph Isadore Lieberman



Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman (born February 24, 1942) is an American politician and former United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election, which both he and Al Gore successfully won, and thus, became the 42nd Vice President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 under President Al Gore, and becoming the first Jewish candidate on a major American political party winning presidential ticket.