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Patrick Joseph Leahy OBE (/ ˈ l eɪ h i / LAY-hee; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who represented Vermont in the United States Senate from 1975 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party , he also was the president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 2012 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023.
A day after announcing he will not seek reelection, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont told his colleagues in an emotional speech on the Senate floor on Tuesday that they have become like ...
The Vermont Democrat, 81, the chair of the Appropriations Committee and Senate president pro tem, will leave the Senate after having served for 46 years.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, the veteran Democratic lawmaker who told reporters Monday he will not seek re-election in Vermont, holds impressive distinctions. Patrick Leahy has been in the Senate for decades.
Following Leahy's announcement that he would retire, speculation arose as to which Democrats could run to succeed him; Newsweek cited two of the leading possible contenders for the nomination as Peter Welch, who had served as U.S. Representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district since 2006, and President pro tempore of the Vermont ...
[3] [4] Upon Patrick Leahy's retirement in January 2023, Grassley became the most senior member of the Senate. At 91 years, 4 months and 10 days old, Grassley is the oldest sitting United States senator , the longest-serving Republican in congressional history, and the sixth-longest-serving U.S. senator in history .
In November 2021, Welch announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in the 2022 United States Senate election in Vermont to succeed retiring Senator Patrick Leahy. [1] [2] On August 9, 2022, he won the Democratic primary. On November 8, 2022, Welch won the general election, defeating Republican nominee Gerald Malloy.
Senate President Pro Tempore Pat Leahy (D-Vt.), the most senior member of the Senate Democratic Caucus who stands third in the line of presidential succession, fell and broke his hip and will ...