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Patrick Leahy

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Patrick Joseph Leahy ( 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. Leahy was the third-longest-serving U.S. senator in history at 48 years, and was the longest-serving member of the United States Congress to serve solely as a senator. During his tenure he chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee, the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Leahy is the 2,551st most popular politician (up from 15,083rd in 2019), the 898th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,546th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patrick Leahy ranks 2,551 out of 19,576. Before him are Sviatopolk I of Kiev, François Ravaillac, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Arthur Balfour, Julius Martov, and Abbas II of Persia. After him are Harold Macmillan, Emperor Renzong of Song, Theodahad, Tianqi Emperor, Isabella of Hainault, and John Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Patrick Leahy ranks 56. Before him are Nancy Sinatra, Dario Argento, Richard Williamson, Anna Karina, Andrzej Żuławski, and David Koch. After him are Raquel Welch, John Lewis, Paolo Borsellino, Nancy Pelosi, Thomas A. Steitz, and Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Leahy ranks 898 out of 20,380. Before him are John Deere (1804), Joe Louis (1914), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Frank Abagnale (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), and Harry Belafonte (1927). After him are Stanley Cohen (1922), Robert Curl (1933), Raquel Welch (1940), Jennifer Aniston (1969), Ron Perlman (1950), and John Lewis (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Leahy ranks 92. Before him are Laura Bush (1946), Boris Johnson (1964), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), Jill Biden (1951), Charles Bolden (1946), and Robert R. Livingston (1746). After him are John Lewis (1940), Michael Bloomberg (1942), Nancy Pelosi (1940), Crazy Horse (1840), Greg Abbott (1957), and Joseph McCarthy (1908).

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