Patrick J. Leahy

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.