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'''Taylor Francis Barras''' (born January 22, 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/taylor-barras/taylorbarras|title=Taylor Barras|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 18, 2018}}</ref> is an [[accountant]] and[[banker]] from New Iberia, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 48 in Iberia Parish. On  January 11, 2016, as he began his third term in the chamber, Barras was unexpectedly elected state House Speaker by his colleagues, who rejected on the second ballot Representative Walt Leger, III, of [[New Orleans]], the choice of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]]. Barras received fifty-six votes, seven more than Leger's forty-nine. Since the days of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], legislators had confirmed the governor's choice for Speaker, but the Republican House majority instead elected Barras despite the preference of the governor.<ref name=noshortcuts>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2016/01/22/house-speaker-taylor-barras-shortcuts/79201924/|title=House Speaker Taylor Barras: No shortcuts|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=January 22, 2016|accessdate=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

'''Taylor Francis Barras''' (born January 22, 1957)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/taylor-barras/taylorbarras|title=Taylor Barras|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 18, 2018}}</ref> is an [[accountant]] and [[banker]] from New Iberia, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 48 in Iberia Parish. On  January 11, 2016, as he began his third term in the chamber, Barras was unexpectedly elected state House Speaker by his colleagues, who rejected on the second ballot Representative Walt Leger, III, of [[New Orleans]], the choice of [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]]. Barras received fifty-six votes, seven more than Leger's forty-nine. Since the days of [[Huey Long|Huey Pierce Long, Jr.]], legislators had confirmed the governor's choice for Speaker, but the Republican House majority instead elected Barras despite the preference of the governor.<ref name=noshortcuts>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/2016/01/22/house-speaker-taylor-barras-shortcuts/79201924/|title=House Speaker Taylor Barras: No shortcuts|author=[[Greg Hilburn]]|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=January 22, 2016|accessdate=January 23, 2016}}</ref>

==Political biography==

==Political biography==