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American sheriff
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13 February 1911(Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA)
Death:
10 February 1981(Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA)
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Minden High School
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Biography
Introduction
- For the English painter, see John D. Batten.
John David Batton, known as J. D. Batton (February 13, 1911 – February 10, 1981), was from 1952 to 1964 the sheriff of his native Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He was defeated after three terms by O. H. Haynes Jr., a fellow Democrat and the son of the sheriff, O. H. Haynes Sr., whom Batton had himself unseated twelve years earlier.
Law-enforcement career
Webster Parish Sheriff
Shortly after his first reelection, Batton was named one of seventeen directors of the Webster Parish Citizens' Council, a body which sought to prevent school desegregation.Others in the council were the mortician Ed Kleinegger, Tax Assessor Richard B. Garrison, and the Minden High School principal, W. W. Williams.