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[[Image:479px-David Vitter official portrait.jpg|150px|right|thumb]]
{{Officeholder
|name=David Vitter
|image=DavidVitter.jpg
|party=[[Republican]]
|spouse=Wendy Baldwin Vitter
|religion=Roman Catholic
|offices=
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Louisiana
|terms=January 3, 2005 – Present
|preceded=John B. Breaux
|former=n
|succeeded=
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Louisiana
|district=1st
|terms=May 29, 1999 – January 3, 2005
|preceded=Bob Livingston
|former=n
|succeeded=Bobby Jindal
}}
}}
'''David Vitter''' (born 1961) is a [[Republican]] [[Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] — the first member of his party in the [[United States Senate]] since [[Reconstruction]]. Vitter was a [[House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[New Orleans]] from 1999-2004. He is one of the leading backers of a [[Constitutional amendment]] to ban [[same sex marriage]].
'''David Vitter''' (born 1961) is a [[Republican]] [[Senator]] from [[Louisiana]] — the first member of his party in the [[United States Senate]] since [[Reconstruction]]. Vitter was a [[House of Representatives|Representative]] from [[New Orleans]] from 1999-2004. He is one of the leading backers of a [[Constitutional amendment]] to ban [[same sex marriage]].
==Career==
==Career==
In July, 2007, it was revealed that Vitter's phone number turned up in the records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran a Washington, D.C. escort service. Vitter, who is married and has four children, admitted to "a very serious sin", and stated that he had been forgiven by God and his wife.
In July, 2007, it was revealed that Vitter's phone number turned up in the records of Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran a Washington, D.C. escort service. Vitter, who is married and has four children, admitted to "a very serious sin", and stated that he had been forgiven by God and his wife.
<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/10/vitter.madam/index.html CNN: Hustler says it revealed senator's link to escort service]</ref>
<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/10/vitter.madam/index.html CNN: Hustler says it revealed senator's link to escort service]</ref>
==External Links==
*[http://vitter.senate.gov/public/ Official Senate website]
==References==
==References==
[[Category:United States Senators]]
[[Category:United States Senators]]
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category:Republican Party]]
[[Category: 110th United States Congress]]
[[Category: 111th United States Congress]]
[[Category:111th United States Congress]]
[[Category:111th United States Congress]]
[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]
[[Category:2010 Midterm Elections]]