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John Breaux

John Breaux
John Breaux, official photo portrait, standing.jpg
United States Senator
from Louisiana
In office
January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by Russell B. Long
Succeeded by David Vitter
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 7th district
In office
September 30, 1972 – January 3, 1987
Preceded by Edwin Edwards
Succeeded by Jimmy Hayes
Personal details
Born John Berlinger Breaux
(1944-03-01) March 1, 1944 (age 72)
Crowley, Louisiana, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Lois Daigle
Education University of Louisiana, Lafayette BA)
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (JD)

John Berlinger Breaux (/ˈbr/; born March 1, 1944) was a member of the United States Senate from Louisiana from 1987 until 2005. He was also a member of the US House of Representatives from 1972 to 1987. He was considered one of the more conservative national legislators from the Democratic Party. Breaux was a member of the New Democrat Coalition. After his congressional tenure, he became a lobbyist, co-founding the Breaux-Lott Leadership Group. The firm was later acquired by law and lobbying firm Patton Boggs, now Squire Patton Boggs.

Breaux was born in Crowley, Louisiana, on March 1, 1944. He graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now called the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in Lafayette in 1964 and from Louisiana State University Law School in Baton Rouge in 1967. After graduation, he practiced law, and then served as an assistant to U.S. Representative Edwin Edwards. He was also a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.

Breaux was elected as a Democrat to the 92nd United States Congress in a special election on September 30, 1972, to fill the vacancy created by Edwards' resignation in order to become governor. Breaux's campaign manager was Ron Faucheux, a recent graduate of Georgetown University and later a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and a nationally-known political consultant and pundit from New Orleans. At the age of twenty-eight, Breaux was the youngest member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Breaux was re-elected with ease to the seven succeeding Congresses and served until January 3, 1987.


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