Breaux's Legacy To Zachary and Louisiana
Tom Ed McHugh, who chaired the charter commission, said that Breaux saw the change in government as "another opportunity to serve the community." He said that Breaux's death was a great loss to the Republican Party: "I think it's a very tragic thing; we hate to lose our oldest Republican mayor in terms of service. He was a great asset to the community, not only as a mayor, but as an individual."
Former state Republican chairman James H. Boyce said that Breaux "got his job done" and had a good relationship with the community. "The fact that a Republican could go into a community like Zachary and be reelected and get his program adopted is a great tribute to him," Boyce added.
Baker Mayor Mike Cross, a Democrat who later served in the Louisiana State Senate, lamented Breaux's death: "Zachary is going to be the one to lose . . . did a tremendous amount to put Zachary on the map."
On November 8, 1966, Tom Colten, a member of the Republican State Executive Committee, was elected mayor of Minden in Webster Parish. Colten hence joined Breaux as the first two Republican mayors in modern Louisiana history.
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