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'''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.​

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