Lindy Boggs
| 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 in her state's 2nd congressional district, based about New Orleans, upon his disappearance and declaration of death.
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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.
