However, he left the party in the middle of his term and declared himself an independent senator.

James M. Jeffords, the new independent senator from Vermont, has always played against type.

Duffy resigned from the Conservative caucus on May 16, 2013, and is now an independent senator.

Bunton sat as an independent senator.

Until March 2010 he remained as an independent senator.

The two independent senators also split.

Between 1990 and 1992, he was an independent senator for Bucharest.

Joe Lieberman is an independent senator from Connecticut.

Therefore, no matter what President Bush wants, he needs votes from Democratic and independent senators.

He became an independent senator later in his term at the senate.