Biography...

About Sen. Barrow Peacock (District 37): 2016-2020-Second term--Chairman of the Senate Committee on Retirement, serves on the following committees: Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture and Rural Development; Commerce, Consumer Protection and International Affairs; and Labor and Industrial Relations. Also, Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay. He is the Senate President's designee on the Public Retirement Systems' Actuarial Committee and the Tobacco Settlement Financing Corporation Board. 2012-2016-First term--served on the Senate Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, Retirement Committee, Select Committee on Oversight of Deepwater Horizon Claims and the Select Committee on High School Interscholastic Athletics. He visited every public school (40) in his district during his first term. 2017 Honored with statewide Delta Kappa Gamma Friend of Educators Award from this woman's educators society at its 83rd state convention in Kenner. The Louisiana membership is more than 2,000. Represented the Senate on full scholarship at the Western Regional Forum in Denver among state legislative chamber leaders from across the country to share policy ideas and trade best practices in implementing conservative principles to create jobs and expand economic opportunities. Received second place in the 18th annual Bossier Press-Tribune's Readers' Choice Award for best elected official. 2016 Presented the Louisiana State Troopers Association 2016 Legislator of the Year Award. 2014 Bestowed the Louisiana office of National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), the state's leading small-business association, coveted Guardian of Small Business Award in recognition of his efforts to support small business issues. 2013 Selected for the Emerging Leaders Program at the University of Virginia. The national program, sponsored by the non-profit, non-partisan State Legislative Leaders Foundation (SLLF) and the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, is designed to enhance the leadership potential and vision of policymakers judged to be potential future state leaders. Lifelong member of the Republican Party Former member of Louisiana Republican State Central Committee (2008-2011) Master of Business Administration, LSU Baton Rouge B.A. Degree, Business Administration, Southern Methodist University Partner, BHB Properties Louisiana Notary Public Louisiana Real Estate License Former Licensed Certified Internal Auditor Past Board of Directors, Christus Schumpert Health System Foundation Past Board of Directors, Louisiana Association for the Blind Past Finance Chair, Biomedical Research Foundation of Northwest Louisiana Graduate of Leadership Louisiana Member, NRA Holder of Louisiana Concealed Handgun Permit Louisiana Lifetime Hunting & Fishing License Holder Member, Bossier City Lions Club Member, First Methodist Church of Shreveport Married to the former Melanie Fuller, and is the father of three boys, Russell, William and Henry.