Leahy, Patrick J. (Patrick Joseph), 1940-
Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney. A member of the Democratic Party, he has represented Vermont in the U.S. Senate since 1975. Leahy has twice served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate, from December 2012 until January 2015 and since January 2021. The dean of the state's congressional delegation, Leahy is Vermont's longest-serving U.S. Senator, as well as the only Democrat ever elected to the U.S. Senate from Vermont.
Born in Montpelier, Vermont, he graduated from St. Michael's High School there before earning a B.A. from Saint Michael's College in Colchester, Vermont and a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center. He was admitted to the Vermont bar and became an associate at the firm headed by Philip H. Hoff, then serving as governor of Vermont. In May 1966, Hoff appointed Leahy State's Attorney of Chittenden County. Leahy was elected to a full term in 1966 and reelected in 1970. Though he aspired to the governorship, Leahy ran for the U.S. Senate in 1974, winning a close race against Republican Congressman Richard W. Mallary in the wake of the Watergate scandal. At age 34, Leahy was the youngest U.S. senator in Vermont history and the first non-Republican senator from Vermont since 1856.
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