Charles Emmett "Cap" Barham (September 26, 1905 -- February 23, 1972), was the Democratic lieutenant governor of Louisiana from 1952 - 1956, who is credited with having established the office independent from that 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. He was considered to have been part of the anti-Long faction of Louisiana politics. September 26 is the 269th day of the year (270th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 96 days remaining. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States; the other being the Republican Party. ... This Article does not cite its references or sources. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lincoln Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Union Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

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, not the nearby technical college, Louisiana Tech University in Ruston (then "Louisiana Polytechnic Institute"), but Northwestern State University (then "Louisiana Normal College") in Natchitoches, 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 practice in Ruston. Dubach is a town located in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. ... Louisiana Tech University, located in Ruston, Louisiana, is a coeducational public university with an approximate enrollment of 12000 students. ... The city of Ruston is the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, in the U.S. state of Louisiana. ... The seal of Northwestern State University. ... The city of Natchitoches (pronounced ) is the parish seat of Natchitoches Parish, in the US state of Louisiana. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. ... Capitol Building Baton Rouge is the capital of Louisiana, a state of the United States of America. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ...

Barham married the former Carice Helen Hilburn, and they had two sons, Charles C. Barham (born 1934), a Ruston attorney and the Lincoln-Union state senator from 1964-1972 and 1976-1988, and Robert E. Barham (1940-1996), an English professor at Louisiana Tech. Barham was an uncle by marriage to Wiley W. Hilburn, Jr. (born 1940), head of the Louisiana Tech journalism department, editorial writer for the Shreveport Times, and authority on Louisiana politics, and Chester W. "Chet" Hilburn (born 1945), a journalist with the Houston Chronicle. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...

Barham ran for lieutenant governor on the intraparty ticket with Congressman Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr., of New Orleans in the 1951-1952 election campaign. Boggs, considered one of Louisiana's most liberal officials in his time, did not make the gubernatorial runoff, but Barham was placed into a second primary with John Julian McKeithen (born 1918), from Columbia in Caldwell Parish, who had run on a ticket with Judge Carlos Spaht of Baton Rouge. In the runoff campaign, Barham was "adopted" by the successful gubernatorial candidate, Robert F. Kennon of Minden, the seat of Webster Parish, and the Kennon-Barham slate won an easy victory over Spaht-McKeithen. Barham was the only member of the original Boggs ticket to win office at the statewide level. Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... John Julian McKeithen (May 28, 1918 -- June 4, 1999), a Democrat from the tiny town of Columbia in Caldwell Parish in northeastern Louisiana, was the first governor of his state to serve two consecutive terms. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... Caldwell Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ... Robert Floyd Kennon (August 12, 1902 - January 11, 1988) was the Democratic governor of the state of Louisiana, United States between 1952-1956. ... Minden is a small city located in Webster Parish, Louisiana, twenty-eight miles east of Shreveport. ... Webster Parish is a parish located in the state of Louisiana. ...

In 1969, Barham was among the first six men inducted into the Northwestern State University "Hall of Fame." He is interred in Greenwood Cemetery in Ruston.

References

"Charles Emmett Barham," Carl A. Brasseaux, ed., A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography, Vol. 1 (1988)

Ruston Daily Leader, Ruston, Louisiana, February 24, 1972

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