Richard Blumenthal

Richard Blumenthal reads to me as the archetype of the seasoned American institutionalist. A Harvard-educated lawyer who served as Connecticut's attorney general before entering the Senate in 2011, he has built his profile less on showmanship than on the patient, unglamorous work of consumer protection and pressing tech companies for accountability. The Ukrainian honors he holds signal a politician willing to stake a clear position on the world stage. Whatever one's partisan view, I respect the sheer endurance of a public servant who keeps showing up decade after decade, and I find his steady, dogged style worth watching.

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Name (English)

Richard Blumenthal

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ブルメンソール

Reading

りちゃーど・ぶるめんそーる

Born

February 13, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Occupation

politician / lawyer / editor-in-chief

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

University

Harvard College

Awards & achievements

• 2001 Dr. Nathan Davis Award for Governors or Statewide Elected Officials
• 2023 Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 2nd class
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 1st class

• Official sitehttps://www.blumenthal.senate.gov
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/senblumenthal/
• Xhttps://x.com/SenBlumenthal
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Blumenthal
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2023708

Tags

• New York
• politician
• lawyer
• editor-in-chief

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.