Patrick Leahy on retiring from a divided Senate 07:20. He's one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history, and after 48 years in office, Vermont's Patrick Leahy, 82, is retiring.

Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., walks to the Senate Chamber on Jan. 6, 2021. (Ting Shen / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Leahy said he got a standing ovation in the room from colleagues in both parties.

Senator Patrick Leahy speaks during a news conference at the Vermont State House to announce he will not seek reelection on Monday, November 15, 2021, in Montpelier, Vermont.

Patrick Leahy, 82, is the senior Democratic senator from Vermont and president pro tempore and chairman of the Appropriations Committee in the U.S. Senate. His memoir, “The Road Taken,” was ...

Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (D-Vt.), the longest-serving member in the Senate, announced Monday that he will retire at the end of his term rather than run for reelection next year. Leahy, 81, who was ...

WASHINGTON — Senator Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont and the chamber’s longest-serving member, announced on Monday that he would retire at the end of his term rather than seek re ...

Leahy, 80, was first elected to the Senate in 1974 at the age of 34, making him the youngest senator in Vermont's history. He previously served as president pro tempore when Democrats held power ...

The Senate’s longest-serving Democrat, long assumed to be on the cusp of retirement, is leaning toward giving it another go. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), who has served since 1975 and is in the ...

Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy, the longest-serving sitting senator and third in the line of presidential succession, underwent surgery Thursday morning after he fell and broke his hip … ...

Senator Patrick J. Leahy, the Senate president pro tempore, is expected to preside over former President Donald J. Trump’s impeachment trial when it formally begins on Tuesday, assuming a role ...

Senator Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont, the longest-serving senator and the president pro tempore, was briefly taken to a hospital in Washington for observation early Tuesday evening after he ...

Patrick Leahy On The Role Of The Senate And The Dangers Of Partisanship He's one of the longest-serving senators in U.S. history, and after 48 years in office, Vermont's Patrick Leahy, 82, is ...