Edwards Barham

Erle Edwards Barham (July 10, 1937 – October 17, 2014) was a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate, the first from that party since Reconstruction. He first won the Senate seat in December 1975 beating L.B Loftin by just 89 votes.
Barham was a certified flight instructor, and was killed when he struck a perimeter fence while taxiing an airplane on the runway.