Edwards Barham
| Erle Edwards Barham | |
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| Louisiana State Senator for District 33 (East Carroll, Morehouse, Richland, and West Carroll parishes) | |
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In office 1976–1980 |
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| Preceded by | Charles M. Brown |
| Succeeded by | David 'Bo' Ginn |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 10, 1937 Place of birth missing |
| Died | October 17, 2014 (aged 77) While airborne en route to medical attention in Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Cause of death | Small plane crash |
| Resting place | Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Cemetery in Oak Ridge, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Bennie Faye Berry Barham |
| Relations | Robert J. Barham (brother) |
| Children |
Ben Edwards Barham, II (deceased) |
| Residence |
Oak Ridge Louisiana |
| Alma mater |
Oak Ridge High School |
| Occupation | Farmer and businessman |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Both former state Senator Edwards Barham and his father, Erle "Ninety" Barham, perished in small aircraft crashes - thirty-eight years apart. | |
Ben Edwards Barham, II (deceased)
Erle West Barham
Amy Barham Westbrook
Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge High School
Louisiana State University
Erle Edwards Barham (July 10, 1937 – October 17, 2014) was an American businessman, farmer, and conservationist in Oak Ridge, a village in Morehouse Parish in North Louisiana. He was the first Republican elected — by a 29-vote margin — to the Louisiana State Senate since the era of Reconstruction. Barham represented the agricultural District 33 from 1976 to 1980. Barham was narrowly unseated in the 1979 nonpartisan blanket primary by a Democrat, David 'Bo' Ginn of Bastrop, who held the seat until 1988.
Barham was born to Louisiana native Erle McKoin "Ninety" Barham (1916–1976) and the former Rosalie Smith (1913–1999), originally from Missouri. He graduated in 1955 from Oak Ridge High School and received a bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where he was a member of Sigma Chi fraternity. He subsequently obtained a master's degree in ornithology from the University of Louisiana at Monroe (then Northeast Louisiana State College). In the early 1970s, U.S. President Richard M. Nixon named Barham to head a White House conservation initiative.
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