Lugar casts 13,000th vote in U.S. Senate
by The Statehouse File
U.S. Sen. Richard Lugar, the longest serving senator in Indiana history, cast his 13,000th vote on Wednesday putting him in 10th place on the list of all time votes cast.
Lugar is the 22ndmost senior senator in the history of the chamber but will be leaving Congress at the end of the year. He lost a primary battle to Republican Richard Mourdock.
Currently, Lugar is the third most senior senator. He became the longest serving Indiana senator in 1996 when he surpassed Daniel Wolsey Vorhees.
Lugar has maintained a 98 percent attendance recording during his time as senator, according to his office.
Lugar casted his 13,000th vote on the same afternoon as Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy from Vermont casted his 14,000th vote.
"This is not only a remarkable accomplishment of longevity for both men; it's also an opportunity for their colleagues to honor them for their decades of service to the people of Indiana and Vermont," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
"As for our friend Sen. Dick Lugar, I have known him going back to my first senate campaign," McConnell said. "He's the longest serving member of Congress in Indiana history, and one of America's most widely respected voices on foreign policy."
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