The Morehouse Parish Sheriff's Office (MPSO) is the primary law enforcement agency of Morehouse Parish.
Born in Oak Ridge, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, Baird was educated under private tutors and attended the Vincennes (Indiana) University.
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He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and commenced practice in Bastrop, Morehouse Parish, Louisiana.
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The first Republican actually elected to the Louisiana State Senate since Reconstruction was Edwards Barham of Oak Ridge in Morehouse Parish north of Monroe in northeastern Louisiana, who served a single term from 1976 to 1980.
The bridge over LA 33 as it crosses Lake D'Arbonne is named for James Peyton Smith, the state representative from Union and Morehouse parishes from 1964 to 1972.
Other prominent Morehouse Parish planters include the Barhams, brothers Edwards Barham and Robert J. Barham, who have also served in the Louisiana State Senate.