High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Robert Earl "Bob" Barton (born July 3, 1948) is the first Republican to have served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from Bossier Parish. A former newspaper owner from Bossier City, Barton held the District 8 seat from 1996-2000. The position opened when the 16-year incumbent, Robert Roy Adley, ran for governor in the 1995 primary election. Barton did not seek reelection in the 1999 primary. Instead, he unsuccessfully challenged Republican State Senator Max T. Malone. Fellow Republican Jane H. Smith, the former Bossier Parish school superintendent, won Barton`s seat without opposition from either party. Smith remains representative, and Adley is a member of the Louisiana State Senate from Bossier and Webster parishes.