| Marie Corinne Morrison “Lindy” Claiborne Boggs | |||
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| Former United States Ambassador to The Holy See From: December 16, 1997 – March 1, 2001 | |||
| President | Bill Clinton George W. Bush | ||
| Predecessor | Raymond Flynn | ||
| Successor | Jim Nicholson | ||
| Former U.S. Representative from Louisiana's 2nd Congressional District From: March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991 | |||
| Predecessor | Hale Boggs | ||
| Successor | William J. Jefferson | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Hale Boggs | ||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013), usually referred to as Lindy Boggs, was a Louisiana politician and diplomat who served as a U.S. representative from the 2nd congressional district and later as the ambassador to the Holy See. The wife of high-ranking Democrat segregationist Hale Boggs and mother of NPR propagandist Cokie Roberts, she was elected to fill the House vacancy left upon his disappearance/declared death.
U.S. House of Representatives
Hale Boggs' disappearance
In mid-October 1972, Congressman Hale Boggs went on a trip to Alaska along with Nick Begich, the father of Mark Begich, to campaign, though the plane vanished and a subsequent search that lasted for weeks found no evidence of wreckage nor survivors.[1] Some have noted the suspicion of the matter, given Hale Boggs' being part of the Warren Commission and dissenting from the verdict of the single bullet theory.[2]
1973 special election
After Hale Boggs was declared dead, a special election was held to fill the vacancy. Lindy Boggs ran to succeed her husband, and won the Democrat primary held on February 3, 1973 with 73% of the vote.[3] She later defeated Republican opponent Robert Lee in the special election held on March 20 in a landslide,[4] and took office. She would be re-elected to eight full House terms before retiring in 1991.
Tenure
Boggs has been noted for her strongly pro-life tenure while in the House,[5][6] which Wikipedia refuses to mention in its entry on her.[7] She voted in favor of the Hyde Amendment to prohibit federal dollars from funding abortion "services",[8] and her daughter Barbara told People magazine in the 90s that she "always votes against abortion."[9] Despite Boggs' noteworthy record in opposing abortion, such has been omitted from being mentioned in liberal NPR.[10]
She retired in 1990 from the House rather than seek re-election and was succeeded by William J. Jefferson, who would later be indicted on corruption charges.
Later life
Boggs endorsed moderate liberal Democrat Mary Landrieu for re-election to the United States Senate in the 2002 elections.[11]
References
- ↑ Glass, Andrew (October 15, 2016). Hale Boggs’ plane vanishes in Alaska: Oct. 16, 1972. Politico. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Richard Russell and the Warren Report - Questioning the Single–Bullet Theory. 22 November 1963. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ LA District 2 - Special D Primary. Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ LA District 2 - Special Election. Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Remembering Lindy Boggs. Democrats for Life. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Martin, Douglas (July 27, 2013). Lindy Boggs, Longtime Representative and Champion of Women, Is Dead at 97. The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Lindy Boggs - Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Two references:
- FFL Remembers Ambassador Lindy Boggs – Feminists for Life. Feminists for Life. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- Foster, Serrin (August 1, 2013). Ambassador Lindy Boggs Passes Away, Remembered as a Pro-Life Heroine. LifeNews.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Thiessen, Marc (July 30, 2013). What the Post left out about Lindy Boggs. Washington Post. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Williams, John (August 2, 2013). NPR Edits the Pro-life Out of Its Lindy Boggs Salutes. LifeNews.com. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
- ↑ Lindy Boggs, Mother of Cokie Roberts, Endorses Senator Landrieu. The Shreveport Times via Free Republic. Retrieved January 3, 2021.