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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=John Henry Baker, III
| name=John Henry Baker, III
| office=Franklin Parish Police Jury<br> (equivalent of county commission)
| office=Franklin Parish Police Jury<br> (equivalent of county commission)
| term_start=1968
| term_start=1968
| death_place= [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]]
| death_place= [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], [[Louisiana]]
| resting_place=Delhi Masonic Cemetery in Delhi
| resting_place=Delhi Masonic Cemetery in Delhi
| spouse= (1) Melba Jo Thomas ([[divorce]]d)<br />
| spouse= (1) Melba Jo Thomas (divorced)<br>
(2) Divorced<br />
(2) Divorced<br>
(3) Linda Rae Martin Baker (surviving widow)
(3) Linda Rae Martin Baker
|children=John Henry Baker, IV (deceased)<br>
|children=John Henry Baker, IV (deceased)<br>
Jefferi B. Ryals<br>
Jefferi B. Ryals<br>
'''John Henry Baker III''' (October 20, 1934 – January 9, 2015), was a [[farmer]] and landowner from Franklin Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]] who was active in the rebirth of the [[Republican Party]] in his state during the 1970s and 1980s. Baker was his party's nominee for the District 22 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in 1972 and for the since disbanded position of state elections commissioner in 1979. He was the first to propose the abolition of the commissioner's post (originally called the "custodian of voting machines") with the return of the duties to the Louisiana Secretary of State. Baker's proposal was adopted a quarter of a century later in 2004.
'''John Henry Baker III''' (October 20, 1934 – January 9, 2015), was a [[farmer]] and landowner from Franklin Parish in northeastern [[Louisiana]] who was active in the rebirth of the [[Republican Party]] in his state during the 1970s and 1980s. Baker was his party's nominee for the District 22 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in 1972 and for the since disbanded position of state elections commissioner in 1979. He was the first to propose the abolition of the commissioner's post (originally called the "custodian of voting machines") with the return of the duties to the Louisiana Secretary of State. Baker's proposal was adopted a quarter of a century later in 2004.
==Background==
Baker was born in Greenville in Washington County in western [[Mississippi]], to John Henry Baker, Jr., and Cecilia Myers Baker Radau (1915-2001), a native of Rockdale in Milam County, [[Texas]], whose second husband was Fred C. Radau (1915-1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162452361|title=Cecelia "Celia" Myers Radau|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> He was reared in a [[rural]] area near Delhi, located in neighboring Richland Parish, but the Baker ancestral property and his voting residence was in northern Franklin Parish. Baker's brother, Bob Roy Baker (1936-2002) of Delhi, died a month after the passing of Baker's son, John Henry "Hank" Baker, IV (1958-2002).<ref name=brb>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123954462|title=Bob Roy Baker|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>
Baker was born in Greenville in Washington County in western [[Mississippi]], to John Henry Baker, Jr., and Cecilia Myers Baker Radau (1915-2001), a native of Rockdale in Milam County, [[Texas]], whose second husband was Fred C. Radau (1915-1977).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162452361|title=Cecelia "Celia" Myers Radau|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref> He was reared in a [[rural]] area near Delhi, located in neighboring Richland Parish, but the Baker ancestral property and his voting residence was in northern Franklin Parish. Baker's brother, Bob Roy Baker (1936-2002) of Delhi, died a month after the passing of Baker's son, John Henry "Hank" Baker, IV (1958-2002).<ref name=brb>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123954462|title=Bob Roy Baker|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref>