LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Georgetown University Law Center - JD (1964)

• St. Michael's College (Vermont) - Bachelor's (1961)

• St. Michael's High School (Montpelier, Vt.) - Diploma

Office History

Election Results

• 2017 (Nov. 8, 2016 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 61.26%

  Democrat
  Scott Milne, 33.03%

  Republican
  Cris Ericson, 2.92%

  United States Marijuana
  Jerry Trudell, 1.66%

  Independent
  Pete Diamondstone, 1.03%

  Liberty Union

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 64.33%

  Democrat
  Len Britton, 30.91%

  Republican
  Daniel Freilich, 1.51%

  Independent
  Cris Ericson, 1.16%

  Undetermined
  Stephen J. Cain, 1.00%

  Independent

• 2005 (Nov. 2, 2004 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 70.63%

  Democrat
  Jack Mcmullen, 24.54%

  Republican
  Cris Ericson, 2.11%

  Undetermined
  Craig Hill, 1.30%

  Undetermined
  Keith Stern, 1.07%

  Independent

• 1999 (Nov. 3, 1998 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 72.22%

  Democrat
  Fred H. Tuttle, 22.45%

  Republican
  Hugh Douglas, 1.96%

  Libertarian
  Barry M. Nelson, 1.35%

  Independent
  Bob (Dr. Bob) Melamede, 1.15%

  Undetermined

• 1993 (Nov. 3, 1992 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 54.16%

  Democrat
  James H. Douglas, 43.35%

  Republican
  Jerry Levy, 1.79%

  Liberty Union

• 1987 (Nov. 4, 1986 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 63.16%

  Democrat
  Dick Snelling, 34.50%

  Republican
  Anthony N. Doria, 1.51%

  Conservative

• 1981 (Nov. 4, 1980 election)

  U.S. Senate Seat for Vermont (Class 3)
  Patrick Joseph Leahy, 49.82%

  Democrat
  Stewart M. Ledbetter, 48.50%

  Republican

Employment History

• State of Vermont (1966-1974)

  State's Attorney

Associated Organizations

• Boy Scouts of America

• Holy Trinity Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.)

• Saint Andrew's Church (Waterbury, Vt.)

• Leahy for U.S. Senator Committee

• Green Mountain PAC

• Smithsonian Institution (2001-)

  Member, Board of Regents

• Vermont Bar (1964-)

Awards

• Excellence in Public Service Award (Population Association of America) (2022)

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (June 2020)

• Golden Triangle Award (National Farmers Union) (Sept. 2019)

• Congressional Champion Award (Legacies of War) (Sept. 2019)

• Legislative Recognition Award (American Ambulance Association) (June 2019)

• Congressional Intern Champion (Pay Our Interns) (Jan. 2019)

• Distinguished Community Health Leadership Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2019)

• Freedom to Fly Award (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association) (March 2018)

• Champion of Public Broadcasting Award (America's Public Television Stations) (March 2017)

• Distinguished Community Health Advocate Award (National Association of Community Health Centers Inc.) (2017)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (Oct. 2016)

• Golden Triangle Award (National Farmers Union) (Sept. 2016)

• Porker of the Month (Citizens Against Government Waste) (Jan. 2011)

• Bipartisan Leadership Award (Project on Government Oversight) (2005)

Activities and Interests

• Hobbies: photography, Batman, Grateful Dead
  

Publications

• The Road Taken: A Memoir (2022)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

9 trips taken between 2000 - 2007 costing $34,433

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Foreign Gifts

• 5/1/2007: Book of photographs with text of China from China ($100.00)
• 5/9/2007: Framed Nanjing brocade wall hanging from China ($100.00)
• 1/15/2009: Marble candleholder with molded brass lid in leather-lined box casing from Jordan ($100.00)
• 6/20/2013: Japanese Kyoto silk dolls from Japan ($200.00)
• 4/18/2014: Bamboo xylophone, wooden Flaun gong from Vietnam ($370.00)

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Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• Spotify hires from Senate Judiciary Committee

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on May 3, 2022
  Spotify has added a longtime Senate Judiciary staffer to its D.C. team, just as some members of Congress call for the streaming giant to face the music over part of its artist-royalty structure. read more

• Senate staffer feeding his hunger for Congress

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 16, 2016
  A legislative aide since May, Daniel Hogenkamp is one of the Senate Judiciary Committee’s most recent hires. The Vermont native, who reports to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), is also the founder of EasyMeals, a nonprofit that repurposes expiring food products to feed impoverished children in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. read more

• Leahy loses staffer to alcohol industry

  Posted by LegiStorm on Oct. 7, 2015
  An aide to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) left his office last month to work for an organization looking after millions of cases ... of beer. read more

• Posted by Chip Slawson on July 9, 2013
  A longtime Democratic attorney on the Senate Judiciary committee once described as "[Sen. Patrick] Leahy's brain" has submitted his final financial paperwork, retiring recently. read more

• Posted by Garrett Snedeker on April 16, 2012
  Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)'s former chief of staff pulled in just under the legal limit of outside income, pushing his total salary to nearly $200,000 for the year, according to his financial disclosure upon leaving the senator's office. read more

• Storm Tips: Senators rake in royalties

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 12, 2009
  Senators may have reputations to some as being inexhaustible windbags but they sure like to write too. read more