BARHAM, Charles Emmett "Cap", attorney, businessman, politician. Born, Kimbleton, near Dubach, La., September 26, 1905; son of John Robert Barham and Leola Fowler. Education: Dubach schools; Louisiana Normal College, Natchitoches (Northwestern State University), graduated 1927. Taught school at Dubach one year and enrolled at Louisiana State University Law School, LL. B. degree, 1931, and began the practice of law in Ruston. Married Carice Helen Hilburn. Children: Charles C. and Robert E. Served in the Louisiana senate, 1948-1952, representing the Twenty-ninth District (Lincoln and Union parishes). Served as lieutenant governor, 1952-1956; was the only candidate on the Hale Boggs gubernatorial ticket to be elected. Credited with establishing the office of Louisiana lieutenant governor as independent from the governor's office. One of the first six men inducted into the Northwestern State University Hall of Fame, 1969. Died, February 23, 1972; interred Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston
BARHAM, Charles Emmett "Cap", attorney, businessman, politician. Born, Kimbleton, near Dubach, La., September 26, 1905; son of John Robert Barham and Leola Fowler. Education: Dubach schools; Louisiana Normal College, Natchitoches (Northwestern State University), graduated 1927. Taught school at Dubach one year and enrolled at Louisiana State University Law School, LL. B. degree, 1931, and began the practice of law in Ruston. Married Carice Helen Hilburn. Children: Charles C. and Robert E. Served in the Louisiana senate, 1948-1952, representing the Twenty-ninth District (Lincoln and Union parishes). Served as lieutenant governor, 1952-1956; was the only candidate on the Hale Boggs gubernatorial ticket to be elected. Credited with establishing the office of Louisiana lieutenant governor as independent from the governor's office. One of the first six men inducted into the Northwestern State University Hall of Fame, 1969. Died, February 23, 1972; interred Greenwood Cemetery, Ruston
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