Richard John Santorum Sr. is an American politician, attorney, author, and political commentator who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2007. He was the Senate's third-ranking Republican during the final six years of his tenure. He also ran unsuccessfully for President of the United States in the 2012 Republican primaries, finishing second to Mitt Romney.
Santorum in 2017
Representative Santorum in 1991. Representatives Frank Riggs and John Boehner stand behind him.
Senate portrait, 1995
Santorum, Sen. Arlen Specter, and Rep. John Murtha watch President George W. Bush sign the Flight 93 National Memorial Act.
Senate Republican Conference
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate, who currently number 49. Over the last century, the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opinions and activities of Senate Republicans. Today the Senate Republican Conference assists Republican Senators by providing a full range of communications services including graphics, radio, television, and the Internet. Its current Chairman is Senator John Barrasso, and its Vice Chairwoman is currently Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
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Image: Sen. Jas. E. Watson of Indiana LCCN2016825973 (cropped)
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Image: Wallace White of Maine LCCN2016848772 (3x 4a)