Changes

{{Infobox officeholder

{{Infobox officeholder

|name=Mack Elwin Barham​

|name=Mack Elwin Barham​

|office=Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court (Place Four) ​

|office=Place 4 Justice of the<br> Louisiana Supreme Court ​

|term_start=1968​

|term_start=1968​

|term_end=1975

|term_end=1975

​

​

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.​

 

==The law and Justice Barham==​

==The law and Justice Barham==​

​

​

​

​

Mack Barham was a member of the Order of the Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa, Blue Key, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Delta Phi, and authored numerous legal scholarly articles. He also taught at the [[Tulane University]] Law School in New Orleans. In 1987, Barham wrote an article on the legal contributions of Chief Justice Tate (1920–1986) for the ''Louisiana Law Review.''​

Mack Barham was a member of the Order of the Coif, Omicron Delta Kappa, Blue Key, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha Delta, Phi Delta Phi, and authored numerous legal scholarly articles. He also taught at the [[Tulane University]] Law School in New Orleans. In 1987, Barham wrote an article on the legal contributions of Chief Justice Tate (1920–1986) for the ''Louisiana Law Review.''​

 

==A cousin of two state senators==​

==A cousin of two state senators==

 

Barham was a distant cousin of two [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senators, Robert J. Barham and [[Edwards Barham]], both from [[rural]] Oak Ridge, in  Morehouse Parish. Robert Barham described Mack Barham as "a very distant cousin. We were closer friends than relatives. Mack Barham set the bar for integrity, ability and intellectual capability on the state Supreme Court. He was always a gentleman and an inspiration to anyone connected with the legal profession."​

Barham was a distant cousin of two [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senators, Robert J. Barham and [[Edwards Barham]], both from [[rural]] Oak Ridge, in  Morehouse Parish. Robert Barham described Mack Barham as "a very distant cousin. We were closer friends than relatives. Mack Barham set the bar for integrity, ability and intellectual capability on the state Supreme Court. He was always a gentleman and an inspiration to anyone connected with the legal profession."​

​

​