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LEAHY, Patrick Joseph (1940-)

Democrat of Vermont

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1975-2023

@SenatorLeahy

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Biography

A Senator from Vermont; born in Montpelier, Washington County, Vt., March 31, 1940; graduated, St. Michael's College, Winooski, Vt., 1961; received J.D. degree from Georgetown University 1964; admitted to the Vermont bar in 1964 and commenced practice in Burlington; State's attorney, Chittenden County, Vt., 1966-1974; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1974; reelected in 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, and again in 2016, and served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 2023; president pro tempore (December 17, 2012-January 3, 2015; January 20, 2021-January 3, 2023); chair, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry (One Hundredth through One Hundred Third Congresses), Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003], One Hundred Tenth to One Hundred Thirteenth Congresses), Committee on Appropriations (One Hundred Seventeenth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2022.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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