Barrow Peacock
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| Member of the Louisiana Senate from the 37th district |
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Assumed office 2012 |
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| Preceded by | B. L. Shaw |
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March 19, 1970 Shreveport, Louisiana, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Melanie Fuller Peacock |
| Children | Russell, William, and Henry Peacock |
| Alma mater |
Southern Methodist University Louisiana State University |
| Profession | Businessman |
| Religion | United Methodist |
Russell Barrow Peacock (born March 19, 1970) is the current Republican state senator for District 37 in northwestern Louisiana. He begins his second term on January 11, 2016.
A native of Shreveport, Peacock is a businessman and former elected member of the Louisiana State Republican Central Committee.
Peacock was born in Shreveport to John William "Bill" Peacock (1931-2012) and the former Sidney Barrow. John Peacock graduated from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, served in the United States Air Force in England, and was the president until his retirement in 1998 of Peacock Surgical and Company in Shreveport. Barrow Peacock's paternal grandparents were William Arnold Peacock and the former Mattie Williams. Peacock has a sister, Martha Peacock Ross and her husband, Lew.
Peacock earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University. He also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from LSU in Baton Rouge.
Peacock is a partner at BHP Properties, a Shreveport investments and real estate firm. He has also served on the Board of Directors at the Christus Schumpert Health System Foundation and the Louisiana Association for the Blind. He was the finance chairman at the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana. He is a notary public in Louisiana and holds a license in real estate.
Before he was elected to the state senate, Peacock ran four unsuccessful campaigns for both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. He persisted, gaining more popular vote each time that he ran.
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