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Line 67: \| signature = Pat Leahy Signature.svg }} '''Patrick Joseph Leahy''' ({{IPAc-en\|ˈ\|l\|eɪ\|h\|i}}; born March 31, 1940) is aan American retired politician and attorney who served as a [[United States senator]] from [[Vermont]] from 1975 to 2023, and also served as the [[president pro tempore of the United States Senate]] from 2012 to 2015 and from 2021 to 2023. A member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)\|Democratic Party]], he chaired the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations\|Senate Appropriations Committee]], the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary\|Senate Judiciary Committee]] and the [[United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry\|Senate Agriculture Committee]] at various points during his 48-year tenure. Leahy is the [[List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service\|third-longest-serving U.S. senator in history]]. Upon [[US House of Representatives\|Representative]] [[Don Young]]'s death in March 2022, he became the [[Seniority in the United States Senate\|most senior member of Congress]]. Leahy was also the last of the Senate's "[[Watergate Babies]]"—Democrats first elected to [[United States Congress\|Congress]] in the [[Wave elections in the United States\|wave election]] of [[1974 United States elections\|1974]] that followed [[President of the United States\|President]] [[Richard Nixon]]'s resignation over the [[Watergate scandal]].<ref>{{cite news\| last=Garcia\| first=Eric\| title=Congress' 'Watergate babies' compare, contrast current events\| url=http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/4294049-congress-watergate-babies-compare-contrast-current-events\| date=July 6, 2017\| work=[[Duluth News Tribune]]\|location=Duluth, Minnesota\| access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref>

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