This article is about the American politician and academic. For other persons of the same name, see James Leach (disambiguation).
Jim Leach
Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
In office August 7, 2009 – April 23, 2013
President
Barack Obama
Preceded by
Bruce Cole
Succeeded by
William Drea Adams
Chair of the House Financial Services Committee
In office January 4, 1995 – January 3, 2001
Preceded by
Henry B. Gonzalez
Succeeded by
Mike Oxley
Memberofthe U.S.HouseofRepresentatives fromIowa
In office January 3, 1977 – January 3, 2007
Preceded by
Edward Mezvinsky
Succeeded by
Dave Loebsack
Constituency
1st district (1977–2003)
2nd district (2003–2007)
Personal details
Born
James Albert Smith Leach
(1942-10-15) October 15, 1942 (age 81) Davenport, Iowa, U.S.
Political party
Democratic (since 2022) Republican (until 2022)
Spouse
Deba Leach
Education
Princeton University (AB) Johns Hopkins University (MA)
James Albert Smith Leach (born October 15, 1942) is an American academic and former politician. He served as ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013[1][2] and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa (1977–2007).
Leach was the John L. Weinberg Visiting Professor of Public and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Princeton University.[3] He also served as the interim director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University from September 17, 2007, to September 1, 2008, when Bill Purcell was appointed permanent director.
Previously, Leach served 30 years (1977–2007) as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Iowa's 2nd congressional district (numbered as the 1st District from 1977 to 2003). In Congress, Leach chaired the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services (1995–2001) and was a senior member of the House Committee on International Relations, serving as Chair of the committee's Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs (2001–2006).[4] He also founded and served as co-chair of the Congressional Humanities Caucus.[3] He lost his 2006 re-election bid to Democrat Dave Loebsack. Leach sponsored the 1999 Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act, a notable piece of banking legislation of the 20th century.
In 2022, Leach broke with the Republicans and registered as a Democrat.[5]
^Pogrebin, Robin (August 7, 2009). "Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts". ArtsBeat. New York Times.
^"NEH Chairman Jim Leach Announces Resignation". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved April 16, 2014.
^ abTrescott, Jacqueline (June 3, 2009). "GOP's Leach Picked to Run Humanities Endowment". Washington Post. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
^"President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate former GOP Congressman Jim Leach as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities". whitehouse.gov. June 3, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2009 – via National Archives.
^Watson, Sarah (July 27, 2022). "A former 30-year Republican Iowa Congressman is endorsing Democrats in 2022. Here's why". The Quad-City Times. Retrieved November 29, 2023.
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