Jim Leach

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James Albert Smith Leach (October 15, 1942 – December 11, 2024) was an American academic and politician. He was born in Davenport, Iowa. He was the ninth Chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities from 2009 to 2013.^[1]^[2] He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Iowa from 1977 to 2007 as a Republican.^[3]

Leach died on December 11, 2024 at a hospital in Iowa City, Iowa from a heart attack caused by a stroke at the age of 82.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Jim Leach Media

Portrait of Jim Leach, 2002, collection of U.S. House of Representatives
Leach, after poll results came in, greeting the press on election night in Cedar Rapids, 2006
Jim Leach DNC 2008.jpg

Leach speaks during the first night of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

References

↑ Pogrebin, Robin, "Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts", New York Times, August 7, 2009.
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↑ President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate former GOP Congressman Jim Leach as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. White House. June 3, 2009. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-Intent-to-Nominate-former-GOP-Congressman-Jim-Leach-as-Chairman-of-the-National-Endowment-for-the-Humanities/. Retrieved June 4, 2009.
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Other websites

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Appearances on C-SPAN
June 21, 2007 speech by Leach on US foreign policy to the Iowa City Foreign Relations Council, MP3 Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

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[Landesman-1] Pogrebin, Robin, "Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts", New York Times, August 7, 2009.

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[WhiteHouse-3] President Obama Announces Intent to Nominate former GOP Congressman Jim Leach as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. White House. June 3, 2009. http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Announces-Intent-to-Nominate-former-GOP-Congressman-Jim-Leach-as-Chairman-of-the-National-Endowment-for-the-Humanities/. Retrieved June 4, 2009.

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