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After the war, he attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, from 1947 to 1950. He moved to Zachary in 1951. He was an industrial and labor relations supervisor at Copolymer Rubber and Chemical Corp., until his retirement to become Zachary's full-time mayor in 1978.<ref name=obit/>
After the war, he attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana, from 1947 to 1950. He moved to Zachary in 1951. He was an industrial and labor relations supervisor at Copolymer Rubber and Chemical Corp., until his retirement to become Zachary's full-time mayor in 1978.<ref name=obit/>
==As Zachary mayor==
Using a door-to-door campaign approach, Breaux was elected mayor on June 14, 1966, by a 15-vote margin, 353 to 338, to unseat incumbent Democrat Stanley M. Noble.<ref>''Lake Charles American-Press'', June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> When Breaux became mayor, Zachary had a population of about 4,000; the 2000 census showed the count at just under 12,000.
Using a door-to-door campaign approach, Breaux was elected mayor on June 14, 1966, by a 15-vote margin, 353 to 338, to unseat incumbent Democrat Stanley M. Noble.<ref>''Lake Charles American-Press'', June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> When Breaux became mayor, Zachary had a population of about 4,000; the 2000 census showed the count at just under 12,000.
Breaux hence started the path which made possible the future breakthroughs by the Republicans Litchfield and Simpson.
Breaux hence started the path which made possible the future breakthroughs by the Republicans Litchfield and Simpson.
==Legacy==
==Legacy==