# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-welch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:34:51.179Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-welch"
name: "Peter Welch"
slug: "peter-welch"
description: "Peter Francis Welch is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the junior United States senator from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 2007 to 2023. He has been a major figure in Vermont politics for over four decades and is only the second Democrat to represent Vermont in the Senate, after his predecessor, Patrick Leahy."
tagline: "United States Senator from Vermont since 2023"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Welch%2C_official_110th_Congress_photo_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1947-05-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4360
platforms:
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    handle:    "PeterWelch"
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    handle:    "nm3966495"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump