The president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate presides over the Senate of the U.S. state of Vermont in the absence of the lieutenant governor. The president pro tempore also sets the policy prioriti
President pro tempore Philip Baruth
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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
President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
…The Senate president is Senator Philip Baruth of Chittenden County, who took office on January 4, 2023. U.S. Senator Peter Welch served as Senate President from 1985 to 1989 and 2003 to 2007, and was the first Democrat to hold the post. Peter Shumlin, Governor from 2011 to 2017…
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