James A. Leach

A Representative from Iowa. Born in Davenport, Scott County, Iowa, October 15, 1942. Graduated from Davenport High School, Davenport, Iowa, 1960. B. A. , Princeton University, Princeton. N. J. , 1964. M. A. , School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D. C. , 1966. London School of Economics, 1966-1968. Staff, United States Representative Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois, 1965-1966. Foreign service officer, United States Department of State, 1968-1969. Special assistant to director, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1969-1970. Member, Delegation to Geneva Disarmament Conference and United Nations General Assembly, 1971-1972. Business executive. United Nations Conference on Natural Resources, 1975. Member, United States Advisory Commission on International Education and Cultural Affairs, 1975. Director, Federal Home Loan Bank Board, 1975-1976. Delegate, Iowa State Republican conventions 1974, 1976. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-fifth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1977-January 3, 2007). Chair, Committee on Banking and Financial Services (One Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Tenth Congress in 2006. Chair, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2009-2013. Died on December 11, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa.  .