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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Joseph Barton Elam, Jr.
| name = Joseph Barton Elam, Jr.
| office=[[Mayor]] of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| office=[[Mayor]] of Mansfield, DeSoto Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], USA
| term_start =1914
| term_start =1914
'''Joseph Barton Elam, Jr.''' (June 1, 1878 – October 24, 1935), was a [[politician]], [[business]]man, and [[journalist]] in his native Mansfield in DeSoto Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-e/|title=ELAM, Joseph Barton, Jr. |work=''Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' - Electronic version|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|language=en-US|access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
'''Joseph Barton Elam, Jr.''' (June 1, 1878 – October 24, 1935), was a [[politician]], [[business]]man, and [[journalist]] in his native Mansfield in DeSoto Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-e/|title=ELAM, Joseph Barton, Jr. |work=''Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' - Electronic version|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|language=en-US|access-date=March 28, 2019}}</ref>
==Biography==
==Biography==
Elam was the son of the former Mary Elizabeth Stewart and Joseph Barton Elam Sr., a lawyer who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, as Speaker of the House during the [[American Civil War]], and thereafter in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref>Henry E. Chambers, ''History of Louisiana, II '' (1925).</ref>
Elam was the son of the former Mary Elizabeth Stewart and Joseph Barton Elam Sr., a lawyer who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives, as Speaker of the House during the [[American Civil War]], and thereafter in the [[United States House of Representatives]] for Louisiana's 4th congressional district.<ref>Henry E. Chambers, ''History of Louisiana, II '' (1925).</ref>