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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaJohn Berlinger BREAUX
(1944- )
Senate Years of Service:
1987-2005Party: DemocratBREAUX, John Berlinger, a
Representative and a Senator from Louisiana; born in Crowley, La.,
March 1, 1944; graduated, University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, 1964; graduated, Louisiana State University Law School,
Baton Rouge, 1967; practiced law; assistant to Representative Edwin
W. Edwards 1968-1972; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-second
Congress in a special election, September 30, 1972, to fill the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Edwin Edwards; reelected to
the seven succeeding Congresses and served from September 30, 1972
to January 3, 1987; was not a candidate for reelection to the House
of Representatives in 1986, but was elected as a Democrat to the
United States Senate in 1986; reelected in 1992 and 1998, and
served from January 3, 1987, to January 3, 2005; was not a
candidate for reelection in 2004; chair, Democratic Senatorial
Campaign Committee (1989-1991).
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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