Former U.S. Rep. Jim Leach has died at age 82. He served 30 years as a politician from eastern Iowa. He later headed the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Davenport native and former Iowa Congressman Jim Leach has died at the age of 82, according to our sister station, WHO-TV. WHO reports that Leach, who represented Iowa in Congress for 30 years, was born in Davenport.