In the early 1980s he worked in private law practice, including as volunteer counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.īlumenthal served one term in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1985 to 1987 in 1986 he was elected to the Connecticut Senate and began service in 1987. From 1977 to 1981, he was United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut. After law school, Blumenthal passed the bar and served as administrative assistant and law clerk for several Washington, D.C. From 1970 to 1976, Blumenthal served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, attaining the rank of sergeant. He studied for a year at Trinity College, Cambridge, in England before attending Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Law Journal. He graduated from Harvard College, where he was chair of the editorial board of The Harvard Crimson.
He was Attorney General of Connecticut from 1991 to 2011.īorn in Brooklyn, New York, Blumenthal attended Riverdale Country School, a private school in the Bronx. A member of the Democratic Party, he is one of the wealthiest members of the Senate, with a net worth over $100 million. Richard Blumenthal ( / ˈ b l uː m ə n θ ɑː l/ BLOO-mən-thahl born February 13, 1946) is an American lawyer and politician who is the senior United States senator from Connecticut, a seat he has held since 2011.
