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My Take
Vitter's resume reads like the American meritocratic dream: Harvard, a Rhodes Scholarship, then a steady climb from the Louisiana statehouse to the U.S. Senate. Whatever one thinks of his politics, twelve years in the Senate from 2005 reflects a persistence that I can't dismiss. The combination of lawyer, lobbyist and legislator suggests a man comfortable wielding language and negotiation as instruments of power. I tend to believe political legacies are contested by nature, but the sheer staircase he climbed, rung by rung, is a real measure of ambition and stamina that I find hard to ignore.
Overview
David Bruce Vitter (born May 3, 1961) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Louisiana from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005. Vitter was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- David Vitter
- Name (Japanese)
- デイヴィッド・ヴィッター
- Reading
- でいゔぃっど・ゔぃったー
- Born
- May 3, 1961 (age 65)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Ox
- Origin
- New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- politician / lawyer / lobbyist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- De La Salle High School
- University
- Harvard University
Awards & achievements
- 1983 Rhodes Scholarship
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.