Peter Welch
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Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades, and is only the second Democrat to be elected a senator from the state.
Official portrait, 2023
Welch during the 113th Congress
Welch and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at the premiere of The Simpsons Movie in 2007
Vermont's at-large congressional district
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Vermont has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since the 1930 census, when the state lost its second seat, obsoleting its 1st and 2nd congressional districts. There were once six districts in Vermont, all of which were eliminated after various censuses.
Image: Ernest W. Gibson, Vermont LCCN2016848430 (cropped)
Image: Charles A. Plumley
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Image: William Meyer (Vermont)