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==Background==
==Background==
A native of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, Barham spent his later years in New Orleans. However, after [[Hurricane Katrina]] waters destroyed his Lakewood home near the 17th Street Canal, he relocated to nearby Covington in St. Tammany Parish.
A native of Bastrop in Morehouse Parish, Barham spent his later years in New Orleans. However, after [[Hurricane Katrina]] waters destroyed his Lakewood home near the 17th Street Canal, he relocated to nearby Covington in St. Tammany Parish.
Barham was the son of Henry A. Barham, Sr. (1882-1961), and Lockie H. Barham (1884–1973). The family owned Barham's Dairy in Bastrop. His brother, Henry Barham, Jr. (1919-1993) and sister-in-law, Ann Jocelyn Heres Barham (1929-2015), operated Barham's Drugs in Bastrop. Ann Barham was the first woman pharmacist in Morehouse Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ann-barham&pid=176843362&fhid=20705|title=Ann Barham obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=December 11, 2015|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref>
Barham was the son of Henry A. Barham, Sr. (1882-1961), and Lockie H. Barham (1884–1973). The family owned Barham's Dairy in Bastrop. His brother, Henry Barham, Jr. (1919-1993) and sister-in-law, Ann Jocelyn Heres Barham (1929-2015), operated Barham's Drugs in Bastrop. Ann Barham was the first woman pharmacist in Morehouse Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=ann-barham&pid=176843362&fhid=20705|title=Ann Barham obituary|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=December 11, 2015|accessdate=January 29, 2020}}</ref>
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.