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Patrick Joseph Leahy, OBE ( / ˈleɪhi / 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.
Jan 1, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Patrick Leahy was swept into the Senate nearly a half-century ago in the wake of the Watergate scandal and President Richard Nixon’s resignation and pardon.
Nov 15, 2021 · After eight terms in the U.S. Senate, Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont announced his retirement on Monday. The powerful senator was at the center of many Supreme Court nomination fights.
Aug 23, 2022 · Sen. Patrick Leahy, the most senior and longest-serving member of the Senate, is retiring at the end of this year. He spoke with ABC News about his memories and career.
Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the president pro temper of the Senate, stands on the balcony of his hideaway office at the Capitol as he discusses his life in the Senate and his Vermont roots during an Associated Press interview, in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.
Nov 15, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and the chamber’s longest-serving member, announced on Monday that he would retire at the end of his term rather than seek re-election...
Nov 15, 2021 · Washington — Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont, the longest-serving active member of the Senate, will not seek reelection in 2022, he announced Monday. Leahy, 81, was first elected to...
Dec 20, 2022 · In the final days of his 48-year career in the U.S. Senate, Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy bid his colleagues farewell in an emotional floor speech Tuesday morning — and called on them to put...
Nov 15, 2021 · Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and the longest serving US senator still in office, announced Monday he won’t seek reelection for a ninth term next year, after serving in the chamber...
Nov 15, 2021 · WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick Leahy, the influential Vermont Democrat and Senate's president pro tempore, announced Monday that he will retire from the Senate after this term in Congress.