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 Vermo
Official portrait, 2022
Welch during the 113th Congress
Welch and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at the premiere of The Simpsons Movie in 2007
Welch (far left) at Kastellet in Copenhagen, Denmark in support of the country during the Greenland crisis, January 2026
Patrick Leahy
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Patrick Joseph Leahy 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 served as the president pro temp
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…a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades and is only the second Democrat to represent Vermont in the Senate, after his predecessor, Patrick Leahy. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Welch graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. He…
Official portrait, c. 2021
Leahy in 1979
Leahy with President Bill Clinton in February 1993
Former Committee Chairman Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia, far right) shakes hands with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, while Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont, center right) and Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) look on. The hearing was held to discuss further funding for the War in Iraq.