C. E. "Cap" Barham
| C. E. "Cap" Barham | |
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| 43rd Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana | |
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In office May 13, 1952 – May 8, 1956 |
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| Governor | Robert F. Kennon |
| Preceded by | William Joseph "Bill" Dodd |
| Succeeded by | Lether Frazar |
| Louisiana State Senator for District 29 (Lincoln and Union parishes) |
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In office 1948–1952 |
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| Preceded by | A. K. Goff, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | James P. Hinton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 28, 1904 Near Dubach Lincoln Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | February 23, 1972 (aged 67) |
| Resting place | Greenwood Cemetery in Ruston |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) |
(1) Carice Helen Hilburn Barham |
| Children |
Charles Clem Barham (1934–2010) Robert E. Barham (1940–1996) |
| Residence | Ruston, Lincoln Parish |
| Alma mater |
Northwestern State University Louisiana State University Law Center |
| Occupation | Attorney |
(1) Carice Helen Hilburn Barham
Charles Emmett "Cap" Barham (September 28, 1904 – February 23, 1972) was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, who is credited with having made the office independent of the governor. Prior to his statewide position, Barham was a state senator from the then 29th District (Lincoln and Union parishes) between 1948 and 1952. Like Governor Robert F. Kennon, under whom he served, Barham was part of the anti-Long faction of Louisiana politics, but he was frequently at odds with Kennon as well.
Barham was born in Kimbleton near Dubach in Lincoln Parish to John Robert Barham and the former Leola Fowler. He was educated in Dubach public schools and then attended Northwestern State University (then "Louisiana Normal College") in , from which he graduated with teaching credentials in 1927. He taught school for a year at Dubach and then enrolled in the law school of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received his L.L.B. degree in 1931 and thereafter opened his law practice in Ruston.
Barham married the former Carice Helen Hilburn (October 30, 1907 – December 2, 1965), and they had two sons, Charles C. Barham, a Ruston attorney and the Lincoln-Union state senator from 1964 to 1972 and 1976 to 1988, and Robert Ewing Barham (1940–1996), an English professor at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. Barham was an uncle by marriage to Wiley Wilson Hilburn, Jr. (born 1938), head of the Louisiana Tech University journalism department, editorial writer for the Shreveport Times and an authority on Louisiana politics, and Chester William "Chet" Hilburn (born 1945), a journalist retired from the Houston Chronicle.
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