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|term_end=January 3, 1979
|term_end=January 3, 1979
|preceded=Thomas Overton Brooks
|preceded=Thomas Overton Brooks
|succeeded=Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, Jr.
|succeeded=[[Buddy Leach|Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, Jr.]]
|office2=Member of the<br>
|office2=Member of the<br>
Louisiana State Board of Education
Louisiana State Board of Education
===His chosen successor, "Buddy" Leach===
===His chosen successor, "Buddy" Leach===
Several candidates ran for the seat that Waggonner vacated, including two state representatives, Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, Jr., then of Leesville in Vernon Parish and [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.
Several candidates ran for the seat that Waggonner vacated, including two state representatives, [[Buddy Leach|Claude Anthony "Buddy" Leach, Jr.]] then of Leesville in Vernon Parish and [[Loy Weaver]] of Homer in Claiborne Parish.
[[Buddy Roemer|Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III]], son of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]' commissioner of administration, [[Charles E. Roemer, II]], entered the race, as did a lone Republican, [[Jimmy Wilson]], a former state legislator and former mayor dof Vivian in northernmost Caddo Parish, who had recently switched parties. Waggonner endorsed Leach, who ultimately defeated Wilson in the general election by a margin of 266 disputed votes. He also criticized President [[Gerald Ford]], a [[Moderate Republican]] for coming into the district to campaign for Wilson. However, Leach was unable to cement his hold on the 4th district and was unseated in the 1980 [[general election]] after a single term by Democrat, later Republican, Buddy Roemer. That 1980 House election was called the "battle of the Buddys" waged between the two wealthy Democrats.
[[Buddy Roemer|Charles E. "Buddy" Roemer, III]], son of Governor [[Edwin Edwards]]' commissioner of administration, [[Charles E. Roemer, II]], entered the race, as did a lone Republican, [[Jimmy Wilson]], a former state legislator and former mayor dof Vivian in northernmost Caddo Parish, who had recently switched parties. Waggonner endorsed Leach, who ultimately defeated Wilson in the general election by a margin of 266 disputed votes. He also criticized President [[Gerald Ford]], a [[Moderate Republican]] for coming into the district to campaign for Wilson. However, Leach was unable to cement his hold on the 4th district and was unseated in the 1980 [[general election]] after a single term by Democrat, later Republican, Buddy Roemer. That 1980 House election was called the "battle of the Buddys" waged between the two wealthy Democrats.