He was also involved with the Knights of Columbus, the Saint Michael's College Glee Club, and the school's pre-law society and politics club. While attending college, Leahy was a member of the National Federation of Catholic College Students. In 1961, Leahy graduated from Saint Michael's College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. Leahy attended the parochial schools of Montpelier, and graduated from Montpelier's St. The Leahys ran a printing business across from the Vermont State House, and were also the publishers of the Waterbury Record newspaper. Leahy's maternal grandparents were Italian, and his father was of Irish ancestry some of his ancestors came to Vermont in the 19th century to work at the granite quarries and manufacturing plants in Barre Town and Barre City.
He has been legally blind in his left eye since birth. Leahy was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Alba ( née Zambon) and Howard Francis Leahy.
In 2001, Leahy, along with then- Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, was targeted by the anthrax attacks that killed five people. He served as the ranking member of the Appropriations Committee from 2017 to 2021 and became chairman in 2021. He is the former chairman of the Agriculture and Judiciary committees. senator, as well as the only Democrat ever elected to the U.S. The dean of his state's congressional delegation, Leahy is Vermont's longest-serving U.S. As of 2022, Leahy is one of three members of Congress to have served during Gerald Ford's presidency and one of eight to have served during Jimmy Carter's.
Leahy is also the last of the Senate's " Watergate Babies"-Democrats first elected to Congress in the wave election of 1974 that followed President Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal. Upon Representative Don Young's death in March 2022, he became the most senior member of Congress. He is the chair of the Appropriations Committee, and served as president pro tempore from 2012 to 2015 and again since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Leahy was first elected in 1974 and is in his eighth term.
Patrick Joseph Leahy ( / ˈ l eɪ h i/ born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate.
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