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'''John Berlinger Breaux''' (born March 1, 1944) is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-[[Lobbying|lobbyist]] who served in both houses of the [[United States Congress]] from 1972 to 2005. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Breaus represented his native [[Louisiana]]'s former 7th congressional district from 1972 to 1987, when he moved up to the [[U.S. Senate]], a post he held for three terms, ending on January 3, 2005. He is senior partner with [[Trent Lott]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from [[Mississippi]] in the lobbying group Breaux-Lott Leadership Group., since part of Squire, Patton Boggs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/71291-trent-lott-keeps-his-southern-ties-through-lobbying|title=Trent Lott keeps his Southern ties through lobbying|author=Kevin Bogardus|date=December 8, 2009|publisher=''The Hill''|accessdate=October 5, 2017}}</ref>
'''John Berlinger Breaux''' (born March 1, 1944) is a [[Washington, D.C.]]-[[Lobbying|lobbyist]] who served in both houses of the [[United States Congress]] from 1972 to 2005. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Breaux represented his native [[Louisiana]]'s former 7th congressional district from 1972 to 1987, when he moved up to the [[U.S. Senate]], a post he held for three terms, ending on January 3, 2005. He is senior partner with [[Trent Lott]], the [[Republican Party|Republican]] former U.S. Representative and former U.S. Senator from [[Mississippi]] in the lobbying group Breaux-Lott Leadership Group., since part of Squire, Patton Boggs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/71291-trent-lott-keeps-his-southern-ties-through-lobbying|title=Trent Lott keeps his Southern ties through lobbying|author=Kevin Bogardus|date=December 8, 2009|publisher=''The Hill''|accessdate=October 5, 2017}}</ref>
A graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], Breaux succeeded [[Edwin Edwards]] in the 7th district seat, which was later abolished because of the state's sluggish population growth. Edwards at the time had been inaugurated for the first of his four nonconsecutive terms as [[governor]] of Louisiana.
A graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], Breaux succeeded [[Edwin Edwards]] in the 7th district seat, which was later abolished because of the state's sluggish population growth. Edwards at the time had been inaugurated for the first of his four nonconsecutive terms as [[governor]] of Louisiana.