Buddy Leach was an American businessman and Democratic politician from Louisiana who was born Anthony Claude Leach. He represented Louisiana’s 4th congressional district for one term in the US Congress. Additionally, he held the positions of chairman of the Louisiana Democratic Party and representative in the Louisiana House of Representatives.
He completed high school at Leesville. Leach enrolled at Louisiana State University in 1951, where he graduated with a degree in science. Leach had a polio diagnosis in 1954. Though temporarily paralyzed, he finally recovered from the illness.
Buddy Leach Cause of Death
Leach died from heart failure in Baton Rouge on August 6, 2022, aged 88.
Leach’s oldest daughter, Mary Leach Werner, who was born in January 1968, has followed his dad into politics. However, She was an unsuccessful candidate for the Louisiana Public Service Commission in 2016 for the seat held by the late Clyde C. Holloway, a former U.S. representative from Louisiana’s 8th congressional district, since disbanded.