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Name | Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer III |
Address | Shreveport, Louisiana , United States |
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October 04, 1943
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Died | May 17, 2021
(77 years)
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Contributor | User 490 |
Last Modifed | Mr. Matt Oct 04, 2022 04:28pm |
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Info | CHARLES E. "BUDDY" ROEMER was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He graduated president and valedictorian of his high school class. He received a bachelor's degree in government and economics from Harvard University in 1964 and a master's degree in business and finance from Harvard Business School in 1967. He then returned to Bossier City, Louisiana, where he founded two banks, ran a computer company, and a political consulting firm. He was elected as a delegate to the Lousiana Constitutional Convention in 1972 and became a state congressional representative in 1980. He was reelected three times without opposition. In Congress, he served on the House Banking, Finance, the Urban Affairs Committee and the Small Business Committee, and founded and co-chaired the House Grace Caccus, a bipartisan group recommending cost-saving measures for the federal government. While in office, he balanced the state budget for three years, increased teacher pay, strengthened the department of environmental quality to enforce environmental laws, and toughened the laws on campaign finance. Late in his term Roemer switched parties and joined the Republicans, but never won the full allegiance of long term members of the state G0P. Despite a scandal-free administration, he failed to increase the support he received in the 1987 election. Governor Roemer came in third in the '91 campaign losing to a controversial pair of politicians who incited strong feelings - Edwin Edwards and David Duke.
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