Former Gov. Buddy Roemer: A Timeline


 		March 3-Announces exploratory committee.  July 21-Scheduled to announce candidacy in Hanover, NH.
 		Jan. 20-On Inauguration Day, Roemer will be 67 years, 3-plus months old.






2010
2011
 2012









Dec. 15-Marries Scarlett.
 Joins CRSA Employment Services, LLC.

Jan.-Business Bank merger with Bancorp South complete; Roemer leaves.
June-Triple bypass heart surgery.
 Founds Business First Bank, headquartered in Baton Rouge.


2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009

 
Divorce with Patti Crocker Roemer final.
March 11-Switches to the Republican Party. 
Oct. 19-Defeated in re-election bid, finishing third in primary.
 		Forms the Sterling Group (industrial plastics) with a friend.
 		Political consultant, 1992-95.
Unsuccessful campaign for Governor; on Oct. 21 in first round of voting finishes fourth with 18%. 



Founds Business Bank, headquartered in Baton Rouge.
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999

 
Nov. 4-Defeats freshman Rep. Buddy Leach (D) and is elected to Congress (as a Democrat) representing NW Louisiana.
 		Secretary of the Conservative Democratic Forum ("boll weevils").
 		Re-elected.
Re-elected.
Re-elected.
 		Oct. 24-Finishes first in open primary for Governor with 32%; incumbent Gov. Edwin Edwards (28%) concedes on Oct. 25.
 		March 14 - Sworn in as Governor.
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989

 
Early 1970s.  Helping to build Innovative Data Systems, and Red River Valley Bank.

Elected as a delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention.
 Diagnosed with diabetes.
 Marries Patti Crocker-they have one child.


Unsuccessful campaign for Congress; finishes third in  race for the open 4th CD seat.
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979

 
Graduates from Bossier High School.  In summer leaves for Harvard.
1962?63 (Junior year) Marries Frances "Cookie" Demler-they had two children.
B.S. in government and economics from Harvard University, 1964.

M.B.A. from Harvard Business School, 1967.

1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969

 










1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959

 



Born October 4, 1943 in Shreveport, LA.

...grows up on cotton plantation/farm "Scopena"...



1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949

Roemer's father Charles E. "Budgie" Roemer II served as chief administrative officer during the first two terms of Gov. Edwin Edwards.

Interesting profile from 1991: Richard E. Meyer. The Rake, The Racist And The New-age Reformer : Only In Louisiana Would Rogues Like These Seek The Governorship And, With It, Redemption."  Los Angeles Times, October 13, 1991.
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