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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.
Nov 15, 2021 · U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is embraced by his wife Marcelle after announcing he will retire at the end of his term during a press conference in Montpelier on Monday, Nov. 15, 2021.
Aug 22, 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.
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...
Oct 13, 2022 · Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont was discharged from the hospital on Friday, following an “uneventful night” of “tests and observation,” according to a statement from his office.
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 · 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.
Maj. Gen. Leahy is married to Tracy and they have four children. Major General Kevin Leahy is an Army Special Forces Officer who assumed command of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Iraq, on August 5, 2024.A native of Oakland, New Jersey, Maj. Gen. Leahy began his military career in the Army,