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Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/stsen.html">Missouri state senate</a> 26th District, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Brent See <a href="#925.25.08">Lawrence Brent Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="592.75.47">Boggs, C. M.</a> — of Arkansas City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/CO-lived.html">Cowley County</a>, Kan. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KS/ofc/arkansascity.html">Mayor of Arkansas City, Kan.</a>, 1925. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="783.96.94">Boggs, C. W.</a> — of Blair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NE/WA-lived.html">Washington County</a>, Neb. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nebraska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1888/NE.html">1888</a>. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Caleb See <a href="#117.33.87">James Caleb Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="860.23.00">Boggs, Carroll Curtis</a> (b. 1843) — also known as Carroll C. Boggs — of Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY-lived.html">Wayne County</a>, Ill. Born in Fairfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY-born.html">Wayne County</a>, Ill., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1843/10-19.html">October 19, 1843</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY-officials.html">Wayne County State's Attorney</a>, 1873-77; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/WY-officials.html">Wayne County Judge</a>, 1877-83; circuit judge in Illinois, 1885-97; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spju.html">justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1897-1906; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/spcj.html">chief justice of Illinois state supreme court</a>, 1900-01; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Illinois, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1908/IL.html">1908</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Richard L. Boggs and Sarah A. (Wright) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1870/10-31.html">October 31, 1870</a>, to Sarah A. Shaeffer.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="745.43.40">Boggs, Charles D.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-lived.html">Newport News</a>, Va. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/SW-consuls.html">Vice-Consul for Sweden & Norway</a> in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/nn-consuls.html">Newport News, Va.</a>, 1884-96. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="452.39.96">Boggs, Corinne Claiborne</a> (1916-2013) — also known as Corinne C. Boggs; Lindy Boggs; Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne; Corinne Claiborne; Mrs. Hale Boggs — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/PC-born.html">Pointe Coupee Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1916/03-13.html">March 13, 1916</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/teacher.html">School teacher</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 2nd District, 1973-91; speaker, Democratic National Convention, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984/speakers.html">1984</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1988/speakers.html">1988</a>; U.S. Ambassador to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/VT-diplomats.html ">Vatican</a>, 1997-2001. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Died in Chevy Chase, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2013/07-27.html">July 27, 2013</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/97.html">97 years, 136 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Step-daughter of George Keller; daughter of Roland Philemon Claiborne and Corinne (Morrison) Claiborne; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-22.html">January 22, 1938</a>, to <a href="#056.95.34">Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a>, <a href="#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a> and Cokie Roberts; great-grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; second great-granddaughter of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a>; second great-grandniece of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; first cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#029.29.50">Jacob Haight Morrison IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#937.16.02">de Lesseps Story Morrison</a>; first cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a>; second cousin four times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; third cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000592">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401560">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy Boggs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/boggs-corinne-claiborne ?">U.S. State Dept career summary</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/227/000058053">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books by Corinne Boggs: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0151931062/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0151931062&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">Washington Through a Purple Veil: Memoirs of a Southern Woman</a> (1994)</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, D. S. See <a href="#076.43.79">Dexter Snow Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="680.00.22">Boggs, Danny Julian</a> (b. 1944) — also known as Danny J. Boggs — of Bowling Green, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/WR-lived.html">Warren County</a>, Ky. Born in Havana (La Habana), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/ZZ/CU-born.html">Cuba</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1944/index.html">1944</a>. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1972/KY.html">1972</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/ofc/sthse.html">Kentucky state house of representatives</a> 20th District, 1975; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/offices/us-ct-apps.html">Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit</a>, 1986-2017; took senior status 2017. Still living as of 2017. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=202&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na">federal judicial profile</a> — <a href="https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/boggs-danny-julian">Biographical Directory of Federal Judges</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="076.43.79">Boggs, Dexter Snow</a> — also known as D. S. Boggs — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/RI-lived.html">Ritchie County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Ritchie County, 1931-32; defeated, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="991.98.37">Boggs, Donald W.</a> — of Michigan. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Michigan, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/MI.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="709.43.64">Boggs, Douglas S.</a> — of Indiana. Libertarian. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IN/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Indiana</a> 9th District, 1986. Still living as of 1986. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="028.01.24">Boggs, Ed L.</a> (b. 1869) — of Big Otter, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, W.Va. Born near Gassaway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1869/02-25.html">February 25, 1869</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">Farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lumber.html">lumber business</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Clay County, 1941. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#570.60.71">James Martin Boggs</a> and Margaret Ann (Byrne) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1893/03-13.html">March 13, 1893</a>, to Emma Hyer; grandson of <a href="#694.46.52">James Anderson Boggs</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14629.html">Boggs family</a> of Braxton County, West Virginia.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="687.26.74">Boggs, Eli</a> — of Hazard, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/PE-lived.html">Perry County</a>, Ky. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Kentucky, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1956/KY.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/KY.html">1960</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="385.62.38">Boggs, F. M.</a> — of Macksville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PE-lived.html">Pendleton County</a>, W.Va. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PE-parties.html">Chair of Pendleton County Republican Party</a>, 1946-54. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="524.88.41">Boggs, Franklin H.</a> — of Urbana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CH-lived.html">Champaign County</a>, Ill. Circuit judge in Illinois 6th Circuit, 1919-25. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.41.32">Boggs, Gary</a> — of Michigan. Socialist. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Michigan. Still living as of 1996. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="308.13.53">Boggs, George G.</a> — of Shawnee, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/PO-lived.html">Pottawatomie County</a>, Okla. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OK/ofc/shawnee.html#2">Shawnee, Okla.</a>, 1897-98. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="909.06.07">Boggs, Gordon</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PE-lived.html">Pendleton County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Pendleton County, 1934. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="058.75.96">Boggs, Grace Lee</a> — of Michigan. Freedom Now candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MI/ofc/msu.html">Michigan State University board of trustees</a>, 1964. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1964. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Mrs. Hale See <a href="#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Hale See <a href="#056.95.34">Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="387.32.27">Boggs, Henry A.</a> (b. 1819) — of Johnstown, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CA-lived.html">Cambria County</a>, Pa. Born in Milesburg, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/CE-born.html">Centre County</a>, Pa., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1819/04-05.html">April 5, 1819</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/newspaper.html">Newspaper editor</a>; postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/johnstown.html#3">Johnstown, Pa.</a>, 1859-61; candidate for Presidential Elector for Pennsylvania; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/stsen.html">Pennsylvania state senate</a> 35th District, 1881-88. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, J. Caleb See <a href="#117.33.87">James Caleb Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="705.05.89">Boggs, J. Lawrence</a> — of Perth Amboy, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/NJ/MI-lived.html">Middlesex County</a>, N.J. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/NJcc nPA">U.S. Collector of Customs</a>, 1861-69. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, J. M. See <a href="#570.60.71">James Martin Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="172.60.15">Boggs, James A.</a> — Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a> District 54, 1893-94. Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=11300">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="694.46.52">Boggs, James Anderson</a> (1815-1884) — also known as James A. Boggs — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/LE-born.html">Lewis County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1815/11-10.html">November 10, 1815</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Braxton County, 1883. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-died.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1884/03-22.html">March 22, 1884</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/68.html">68 years, 133 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-buried.html#cms07045">Little Otter Cemetery</a>, Near Gassaway, Braxton County, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Father of <a href="#570.60.71">James Martin Boggs</a>; grandfather of <a href="#028.01.24">Ed L. Boggs</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14629.html">Boggs family</a> of Braxton County, West Virginia.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="117.33.87">Boggs, James Caleb</a> (1909-1993) — also known as J. Caleb Boggs — of Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-lived.html">New Castle County</a>, Del. Born in Cheswold, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-born.html">Kent County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/05-15.html">May 15, 1909</a>. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War II; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Delaware</a> at-large, 1947-53; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Delaware</a>, 1953-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1960/DE.html">1960</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Delaware</a>, 1961-73; defeated, 1972. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/methodist.html">Methodist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/vfw.html">Veterans of Foreign Wars</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kiwanis.html">Kiwanis</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/kappa-alpha-ord.html">Kappa Alpha Order</a>. Died in Wilmington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/NC-died.html">New Castle County</a>, Del., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1993/03-26.html">March 26, 1993</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/83.html">83 years, 315 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-buried.html#cms00277">Old Presbyterian Cemetery</a>, Dover, Del. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of Edgar J. Boggs and Lettie (Vaughan) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1931/12-26.html">December 26, 1931</a>, to Elizabeth Muir.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000593">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401561">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/james-caleb-boggs/">National Governors Association biography</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J. Caleb Boggs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/858/000051705">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="570.60.71">Boggs, James Martin</a> (1842-1934) — also known as J. M. Boggs — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CL-lived.html">Clay County</a>, W.Va. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-born.html">Braxton County</a>, Va. (now W.Va.), <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1842/01-15.html">January 15, 1842</a>. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Clay County, 1891. Died in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CL-died.html">Clay County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1934/03-24.html">March 24, 1934</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/92.html">92 years, 68 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/CL-buried.html#cms07046">Big Otter Cemetery</a>, Big Otter, W.Va. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#694.46.52">James Anderson Boggs</a>; father of <a href="#028.01.24">Ed L. Boggs</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/14629.html">Boggs family</a> of Braxton County, West Virginia.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="897.33.59">Boggs, Kevin</a> — of Charleston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/KA-lived.html">Kanawha County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from West Virginia, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1996/WV.html">1996</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2000/WV.html">2000</a>. Still living as of 2000. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="870.47.07">Boggs, L. A.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/PE-lived.html">Pendleton County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Pendleton County, 1928. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="715.38.16">Boggs, L. C.</a> — of Hollywood, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/BR-lived.html">Broward County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/hollywood.html">Mayor of Hollywood, Fla.</a>, 1951-53. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="660.58.31">Boggs, L. O.</a> — of Creston, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IA/UN-lived.html">Union County</a>, Iowa. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Iowa, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/IA.html">1952</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Lawrence See <a href="#705.05.89">J. Lawrence Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="925.25.08">Boggs, Lawrence Brent</a> — also known as Brent Boggs — of Gassaway, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/BX-lived.html">Braxton County</a>, W.Va. Democrat. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> 34th District. Still living as of 2012. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="067.06.96">Boggs, Lettie</a> — of Cheswold, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DE/KE-lived.html">Kent County</a>, Del. Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Delaware, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/1952/DE.html">1952</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="931.13.05">Boggs, Lilburn Williams</a> (1796-1860) — also known as Lilburn W. Boggs — of Independence, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/JA-lived.html">Jackson County</a>, Mo. Born in Lexington, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/KY/FA-born.html">Fayette County</a>, Ky., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1796/12-14.html">December 14, 1796</a>. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/independence.html#2">Independence, Mo.</a>, 1827-31; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/ltgov.html">Lieutenant Governor of Missouri</a>, 1832-36; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Missouri</a>, 1836-40; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/asmbly.html">California state assembly</a> 19th District, 1852-53. Died in California, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1860/03-14.html">March 14, 1860</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/63.html">63 years, 91 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/NA-buried.html#cms00320">Tulocay Cemetery</a>, Napa, Calif. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://www.nga.org/governor/lilburn-w-boggs/">National Governors Association biography</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Lindy See <a href="#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="384.17.56">Boggs, Marcus</a> — of Chillicothe, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/RO-lived.html">Ross County</a>, Ohio. Republican. U.S. Collector of Internal Revenue for the 11th Ohio District, 1891. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="609.68.72">Boggs, Maurice</a> (1909-1985) — of Sand Fork, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-lived.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va.; Glenville, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-lived.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va. Born in Lockney, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GI-born.html">Gilmer County</a>, W.Va., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1909/10-02.html">October 2, 1909</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/plumbing-heating.html">Boilermaker</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Gilmer County; elected 1960. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/baptist.html">Baptist</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/masons.html">Freemasons</a>. Died in November, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1985/index.html">1985</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/76.html">76 years, 0 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of W. French Boggs and Nellie (Alkire) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/06-29.html">June 29, 1935</a>, to Drusilla Garrett.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="959.82.99">Boggs, Nolan</a> — of Toledo, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/LU-lived.html">Lucas County</a>, Ohio. Republican. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/R/OH.html">Secretary of Ohio Republican Party</a>, 1937. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="039.55.65">Boggs, Rita R.</a> — of Carson, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/LA-lived.html">Los Angeles County</a>, Calif. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/CA/ofc/carson.html">mayor of Carson, Calif.</a>, 2004. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2004. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="465.16.24">Boggs, Stuart C.</a> — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/GR-lived.html">Greenbrier County</a>, W.Va. Republican. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/WV/ofc/sthse.html">West Virginia state house of delegates</a> from Greenbrier County, 1936. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="056.95.34">Boggs, Thomas Hale, Sr.</a> (1914-1972) — also known as Hale Boggs — of New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-lived.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La. Born in Long Beach, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MS/HA-born.html">Harrison County</a>, Miss., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1914/02-15.html">February 15, 1914</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">Lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Louisiana</a> 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72; died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Louisiana, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1948/LA.html">1948</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1956/LA.html">1956</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1960/LA.html">1960</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/LA.html">1968</a>; Parliamentarian, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1964/officers.html">1964</a>; chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1968/committees.html">1968</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Louisiana</a>, 1952; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/index.html">Vice-Chair of Democratic National Committee</a>, 1957; member, President's Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-legion.html">American Legion</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amvets.html">Amvets</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic-war-vets.html">Catholic War Veterans</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/sons-am-rev.html">Sons of the American Revolution</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/knights-columbus.html">Knights of Columbus</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/phi-beta-kappa.html">Phi Beta Kappa</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/beta-theta-pi.html">Beta Theta Pi</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/omicron-delta-kappa.html">Omicron Delta Kappa</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">Disappeared</a> while on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">campaign</a> flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">plane crash</a>, somewhere in Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/10-16.html">October 16, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/58.html">58 years, 244 days</a>). The wreckage was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1938/01-22.html">January 22, 1938</a>, to <a href="#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a>, <a href="#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a> and Cokie Roberts.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Boggs <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a> in the Chugach Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-names.html">Anchorage, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000594">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401562">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hale Boggs">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/543/000056375">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary Boulard, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/156554868X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=156554868X&linkCode=as2&tag=thepoliticalg-20&linkID=7777aaaa7777bbbb7777cccc7777dddd">The Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander Perez</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="211.80.10">Boggs, Thomas Hale, Jr.</a> (1940-2014) — also known as Tommy Boggs — of Chevy Chase, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-lived.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md. Born in New Orleans, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/LA/OR-born.html">Orleans Parish</a>, La., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1940/09-18.html">September 18, 1940</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/economist.html">Economist</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lawyer.html">lawyer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/lobbyist.html">lobbyist</a>; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Maryland</a> 8th District, 1970. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/catholic.html">Catholic</a>. Member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/am-jud-soc.html">American Judicature Society</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/aba.html">American Bar Association</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/delta-theta-phi.html">Delta Theta Phi</a>. Died, from a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/heart.html">heart attack</a>, in Chevy Chase, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MD/MO-died.html">Montgomery County</a>, Md., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2014/09-15.html">September 15, 2014</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/73.html">73 years, 362 days</a>). Burial location unknown. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="#056.95.34">Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr.</a> and <a href="#452.39.96">Corinne Claiborne Boggs</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sigerson-silon.html#809.91.54">Barbara Boggs Sigmund</a> and Cokie Roberts; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/12-27.html">December 27, 1960</a>, to Mary Barbara Denechaud; second great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#196.25.07">John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne</a>; third great-grandson of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#583.05.82">Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne</a>; third great-grandnephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#928.16.41">William Charles Cole Claiborne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#026.93.44">Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne</a>; first cousin twice removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#029.29.50">Jacob Haight Morrison IV</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/morrison.html#937.16.02">de Lesseps Story Morrison</a>; first cousin six times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#003.31.99">Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812)</a>; second cousin five times removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#209.79.40">John Claiborne</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/claiborne.html#054.46.38">Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856)</a>; third cousin once removed of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#751.60.81">Herbert Claiborne Pell Jr.</a>; fourth cousin of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pelfrey-pendery.html#356.30.90">Claiborne de Borda Pell</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001-0143.html">Claiborne-Dallas family</a> of Virginia and Louisiana (subset of the <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/10001.html">Four Thousand Related Politicians</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr.">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/828/000118474">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Boggs, Tommy See <a href="#211.80.10">Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.</a></td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="563.11.68">Boggs, W. C.</a> — of Zephyrhills, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/PA-lived.html">Pasco County</a>, Fla. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/zephyrhills.html">Mayor of Zephyrhills, Fla.</a>, 1914-17. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="479.53.11">Boggs, W. J.</a> — of New Franklin, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-lived.html">Howard County</a>, Mo. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MO/HW-parties.html">Chair of Howard County Democratic Party</a>, 1903. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="158.43.12">Boggs, William G.</a> — of Springfield, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/CK-lived.html">Clark County</a>, Ohio. Democrat. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/OH/ofc/springfield.html#2">Springfield, Ohio</a>, 1855-61. Burial location unknown. </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> <a name="056.98.04">Boggs, William J.</a> — of Ford City, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/AR-lived.html">Armstrong County</a>, Pa. Republican. Postmaster at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/PA/ofc/fordcity.html#3">Ford City, Pa.</a>, 1907-14. 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