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  Boggs, Corinne "Lindy"
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AffiliationDemocratic  
 
NameCorinne "Lindy" Boggs
Address
New Orleans, Louisiana , United States
EmailNone
WebsiteNone
Born March 13, 1916
DiedJuly 27, 2013 (97 years)
Contributoreddy 9_99
Last ModifedChronicler
Feb 15, 2022 06:45am
Tags Widowed - Catholic -
Infoborn Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne, on Brunswick Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish, La., March 13, 1916; graduated from St. Joseph's Academy, New Roads, La., 1931; B.A., Sophie Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1935; teacher; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy pronounced by House Resolution 1, Ninety-third Congress, of the presumed death of Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr., and reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 20, 1973-January 3, 1991); chair, Joint Committee on Bicentennial Arrangements (Ninety-fourth Congress); chair, Commission on the Bicentenary of the United States House of Representatives (Ninety-ninth through One Hundred First Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990; United States Ambassador to the Vatican, 1997-2001.

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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Jul 27, 2013 08:00am Obituary Former Rep. Lindy Boggs of Louisiana dies at 97  Article IndyGeorgia 
Mar 17, 2009 07:00pm News Former Rep. Lindy Boggs meets with La. congressional delegation  Article Brandonius Maximus 

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Importance? 7.00000 Average

FAMILY
Husband T. Hale Boggs Jan 22, 1938-Oct 16, 1972
Daughter Barbara Boggs Sigmund 1939-1990
Son Thomas Hale "Tommy" Boggs, Jr. 1940-2014

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  10/09/1997 US Ambassador to the Holy See Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  10/01/1988 LA District 2 Won 89.47% (+78.94%)
  09/27/1986 LA District 2 Won 90.68% (+83.41%)
  09/29/1984 LA District 2 Won 60.13% (+21.52%)
  09/11/1982 LA District 2 Won 77.04% (+54.07%)
  09/13/1980 LA District 2 Won 60.78% (+26.38%)
  09/16/1978 LA District 2 Won 87.15% (+80.51%)
  11/02/1976 LA District 02 Won 92.56% (+85.13%)
  08/14/1976 LA District 2 - D Primary Won 83.18% (+71.31%)
  11/05/1974 LA District 2 Won 81.82% (+67.17%)
  08/17/1974 LA District 2 - D Primary Won 87.43% (+78.15%)
  03/20/1973 LA District 2 - Special Election Won 80.44% (+60.89%)
  02/03/1973 LA District 2 - Special D Primary Won 73.03% (+51.56%)
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