Jim Leach
James Albert Smith Leach (born
October 15 1942),
American politician,
has been a
Republican member of the
United States House of Representatives since
1977,
representing the 2nd District of
Iowa. He was born in
Davenport, Iowa,
was educated at
Princeton University,
Johns Hopkins University and the
London School of Economics, and was a foreign service officer with the
Department of State, a member of the U.S. delegations to the Geneva Disarmament Conference and the
United Nations General Assembly, a business executive and director of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board before entering
the House.
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