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==Background==
==Background==
Leche was the son of a salesman, Eustace Leche, and a teacher, the former Stella Eloise Richard, possibly pronounced REE CHARD.)<ref name=findagrave/> He graduated from [[Warren Easton]] High School and in 1916 enrolled in [[Tulane University]]. Soon he enlisted with the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. After he briefly moved to [[Chicago]] to sell automobile parts. Then he returned to Louisiana and graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans Law School. After his bar exam, he launched his legal practice in 1923.
Leche was the son of a salesman, Eustace Leche, and a teacher, the former Stella Eloise Richard, possibly pronounced REE CHARD.<ref name=findagrave/> He graduated from [[Warren Easton]] High School and in 1916 enrolled in [[Tulane University]]. Soon he enlisted with the [[United States Army]] during [[World War I]]. After he briefly moved to [[Chicago]] to sell automobile parts. Then he returned to Louisiana and graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]]-affiliated Loyola University New Orleans Law School. After his bar exam, he launched his legal practice in 1923.
In 1928, when [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], was elected governor, Leche was an unsuccessful [[primary]] candidate for the state Senate. In 1930, he was named to direct Long's campaign for the [[United States Senate]] against the incumbent Democrat Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954) of East Carroll Parish. Upon is election to the Senate in 1932, Huey Long named Leche as the secretary to Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936), who had succeeded Long as governor but soon died in office. In 1934, Senator Long appointed Leche to a state appellate court judge in New Orleans.
In 1928, when [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], was elected governor, Leche was an unsuccessful [[primary]] candidate for the state Senate. In 1930, he was named to direct Long's campaign for the [[United States Senate]] against the incumbent Democrat Joseph Eugene Ransdell (1858-1954) of East Carroll Parish. Upon is election to the Senate in 1932, Huey Long named Leche as the secretary to Oscar Kelly Allen (1882-1936), who had succeeded Long as governor but soon died in office. In 1934, Senator Long appointed Leche to a state appellate court judge in New Orleans.