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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | T. Hale Boggs |
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New Orleans, Louisiana , United States |
| Email | None |
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February 15, 1914 |
| Died |
January 03, 1973
(58 years) |
| Contributor | eddy 9_99 |
| Last Modifed | RBH
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| Info | BOGGS, T(homas) Hale - a US 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
US House (D-LA) 1947-1973. Served as chairman, Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures (Eighty-second Congress); majority whip (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Congresses), and majority leader (Ninety-second Congress). In 1964, he served on the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Disappeared while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October 16, 1972 and was presumed dead pursuant to House Resolution 1, Ninety-third Congress.
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