R. W. "Buzzy" Graham

Who is R. W. "Buzzy" Graham?

Ralph Warren Graham, known as R. W. "Buzzy" Graham, is an insurance agent in Woodworth in south Rapides Parish, Louisiana, who served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1968 to 1972. He served alongside T. C. Brister, W. K. Brown, and Robert J. Munson from Rapides and Grant parishes. As a legislator, he was considered a reformer and supported the agenda advanced by E.L. "Bubba" Henry, the Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives.

In the spring of 1973, Graham, as the favorite of the business community, lost a high-profile for mayor of Alexandria, the seat of Rapides Parish and the largest city in Central Louisiana, to his fellow Democrat John K. Snyder. The incumbent, Ed Karst, did not seek reelection, and Snyder and Graham met in a contentious Democratic runoff primary. Snyder went on to serve two nonconsecutive terms as mayor. Graham continued with his insurance business, which he later moved to Woodworth.