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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—LouisianaThomas Hale BOGGS, Sr.
(1914-1972)
BOGGS, Thomas Hale, Sr.,
(husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from
Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15,
1914; attended the public and parochial schools of Jefferson
Parish, La.; was graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans,
La., in 1935 and from the law department of the same university in
1937; was admitted to the bar in 1937 and commenced practice in New
Orleans, La.; elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-seventh Congress
(January 3, 1941-January 3, 1943); unsuccessful candidate for
renomination in 1942; resumed the practice of law in New Orleans,
La.; enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve in November 1943;
was commissioned an ensign and attached to the Potomac River Naval
Command and the United States Maritime Service until separated in
January 1946; again elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to
the thirteen succeeding Congresses; chairman, Special Committee on
Campaign Expenditures (Eighty-second Congress); majority whip
(Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Congresses), majority leader
(Ninety-second Congress); disappeared while on a campaign flight
from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October 16, 1972; served from
January 3, 1947, until January 3, 1973, when he was presumed dead
pursuant to House Resolution 1, Ninety-third Congress.
Bibliography
Balias, Scott E. ‘’The Courage of His Convictions: Hale
Boggs and Civil Rights.” Ph.D. diss., Tulane University,
1993; Kirn, Dorothy Nelson. ”Hale Boggs: A Southern Spokesman
for the Democratic Party.” Ph.D. diss., Louisiana State
University, 1980.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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