John Barrow 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 Barrow Peacock Surgical and Company in Shreveport.
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Barrow Peacock has a sister, Martha Barrow Peacock Ross and her husband, Lew.
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Barrow Peacock earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Southern Methodist University.
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Barrow Peacock holds a Master of Business Administration degree from LSU in Baton Rouge.
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Barrow Peacock is a partner at BHP Properties, a Shreveport investments and real estate firm.
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Barrow Peacock has served on the board of directors at the Christus Schumpert Health System Foundation and the Louisiana Association for the Blind.
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Barrow Peacock was the finance chairman at the Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana.
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Barrow Peacock is a notary public in Louisiana and holds a license in real estate.
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Barrow Peacock persisted, gaining more popular vote each time that he ran.
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On May 24,2011, Barrow Peacock announced his second campaign for the District 37 senate seat.
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Barrow Peacock went on to win the election against Smith with 55 percent of the vote.
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However, Griffon noted thereafter that Barrow Peacock was one of only two state senators to oppose a budget change in 2017 requested by Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards and backed by Alario.
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Barrow Peacock is married to the former Melanie Fuller and has three sons.
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Barrow Peacock is a former auxiliary deputy sheriff in Caddo Parish.