DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, who served 30 years as a politician from eastern Iowa and later headed the National Endowment for the Humanities, died Wednesday. He was 82.

John LaFalce, a New York Democrat who helped shape the Gramm-Leach-Bliley and Sarbanes-Oxley bills, died last week at 85.

David Franker Jim Leach was a scholar and a gentleman. He was a consummate public servant. I had the privilege to work supporting him for over two decades.He served the people of Eastern Iowa as ...

Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach has died, according to statements shared by several Iowa politicians. He was 82 years old. Leach, a Davenport native, served in Congress as a Republican from 1977 to 2007.

Jim Leach earned the reputation of a statesman, man of principle, and committed public servant. Leach passed away Wednesday at the age of 82, according to Lensing Funeral Home in Iowa City.