Mack Barham received his undergraduate degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He then entered the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], at which in 1946, he obtained his law license. Two years later, at the age of twenty-four, he was elected municipal judge of Bastrop, a position which he held until 1962, when he was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]-based Louisiana 4th Judicial District Court bench on which he served for six years until 1968. | Mack Barham received his undergraduate degree from the [[University of Colorado]] at Boulder. He then entered the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]], at which in 1946, he obtained his law license. Two years later, at the age of twenty-four, he was elected municipal judge of Bastrop, a position which he held until 1962, when he was elected as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] to the [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]-based Louisiana 4th Judicial District Court bench on which he served for six years until 1968. |