Buddy Roemer

A Representative from Louisiana. Born in Shreveport, Caddo Parish, La. , October 4, 1943. Attended the public schools. Graduated from Bossier High School, 1960. B. S. , Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. , 1964. M. B. A. , Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass. , 1967. Businessman, farmer, banker. Elected delegate, Louisiana Constitutional convention, 1972. Delegate, Louisiana State Democratic convention, 1979. Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1972. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses and served until his resignation on March 14, 1988 (January 3, 1981-March 14, 1988). Elected Governor of Louisiana in 1987 and served from March 14, 1988, until January 13, 1992. Changed party affiliation from a Democrat to a Republican on March 11, 1991. Unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1991. Died on May 17, 2021, in Baton Rouge, La.