'''David Bruce Vitter''' (born May 3, 1961) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] — the first member of his party in the upper legislative chamber since the [[Reconstruction]] era. A resident of suburban [[New Orleans]], Vitter was a [[House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2004. He was among the leading backers of a failed constitutional amendment to ban [[same-sex marriage]], which was sanctioned in 2015 by the [[United States Supreme Court]]. | '''David Bruce Vitter''' (born May 3, 1961) is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] former [[U.S. Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] — the first member of his party in the upper legislative chamber since the [[Reconstruction]] era. A resident of suburban [[New Orleans]], Vitter was a [[House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district from 1999 to 2004. He was among the leading backers of a failed constitutional amendment to ban [[same-sex marriage]], which was sanctioned in 2015 by the [[United States Supreme Court]]. |