Buddy Roemer
| Buddy Roemer | |
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| 52nd Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office March 14, 1988 – January 13, 1992 |
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| Lieutenant | Paul Hardy |
| Preceded by | Edwin Edwards |
| Succeeded by | Edwin Edwards |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 1981 – March 14, 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Buddy Leach |
| Succeeded by | Jim McCrery |
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Charles Elson Roemer, III October 4, 1943 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (1991–2012, 2013–present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Democratic (Before 1991) Reform (2012–2013) |
| Spouse(s) | Cookie Demler (Divorced) Patti Crocker (Divorced) Scarlett Roemer |
| Children | Caroline (with Cookie) Chas (with Cookie) Dakota (with Patti) |
| Parents | Juliet Adeline McDade Roemer |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Religion | United Methodism |
Charles Elson "Buddy" Roemer III (born October 4, 1943) is an American politician, investor, and banker who served as the 52nd Governor of Louisiana from 1988 to 1992, and as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988.
Roemer was a candidate for the presidential nominations of the Republican Party and the Reform Party in 2012. He withdrew from those contests and sought the 2012 Americans Elect presidential nomination until that group announced it would not field a candidate in 2012 because no candidate reached the required minimum threshold of support to be listed on its ballot. Buddy Roemer endorsed Gary Johnson, a governor of New Mexico, for U.S. President in 2012.
In March 1991, while serving as governor, Roemer switched affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party.
Roemer serves on the Advisory Council of Represent.Us, a nonpartisan anti-corruption organization.
Buddy Roemer was born on October 4, 1943, in Shreveport, the son of Charles Elson "Budgie" Roemer, II (December 11, 1923 - July 2012) and the former Adeline McDade (1923–January 29, 2016). Roemer's maternal grandfather, Ross McDade, married a sister of the maternal grandmother of James C. Gardner, a former mayor of Shreveport. Gardner knew Roemer's grandfather as "Uncle Ross". McDade's wife died, and he remarried, from which union came Adeline Roemer. Roemer and Gardner were not close politically.
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