Jim Leach became head of the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2009, after 30 years in Congress. He served until 2013. A Republican, Leach often strayed from the party line and advocates civility – attitudes he vowed to bring to his NEH job.
Martin O’Malley was the 61st Governor of Maryland, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association and is the former Mayor of Baltimore.
