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Patrick Leahy

1940 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Leahy has received more than 5,215,482 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Patrick Leahy is the 15,086th most popular politician (down from 11,738th in 2019), the 7,547th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,798th in 2019) and the 480th most popular American Politician.

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  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patrick Leahy ranks 15,086 out of 19,576. Before him are Gianni De Michelis, Ilinka Mitreva, Nygmet Nurmakov, Frank Schwalba-Hoth, Eva Bosáková, and Abel Muzorewa. After him are Ali Sastroamidjojo, Lotay Tshering, Kamisese Mara, David Toro, Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, and Yasmah-Adad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Patrick Leahy ranks 417. Before him are Francisco Toledo, Richard Attwood, David Jason, Manuel Esquivel, Marju Lauristin, and Gianni De Michelis. After him are Héctor Silva, Rex Cawley, Ermindo Onega, James Gammon, Jean Clair, and Jack Thompson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Leahy ranks 7,547 out of 20,380. Before him are Christy Canyon (1966), Arlo Guthrie (1947), Bobby Timmons (1935), Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849), Dwyane Wade (1982), and John Fitch (1743). After him are Robert Tarjan (1948), Skrillex (1988), William F. Buckley Jr. (1925), Rex Cawley (1940), Daniel Mann (1912), and Samantha Mathis (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Leahy ranks 480. Before him are James Spriggs Payne (1819), Ralph Metcalfe (1910), Robert A. Taft (1889), Joe Manchin (1947), Charles Lang (1902), and Benjamin Butler (1818). After him are Greg Louganis (1960), George J. Mitchell (1933), Frank Knox (1874), Bella Abzug (1920), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), and John M. Clayton (1796).

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