Thomas Hale "Tommy" Boggs Jr. (September 18, 1940 – September 15, 2014) was an American lawyer and lobbyist based in Washington, D.C. ; 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; again elected as a Democrat to the Eightieth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses; chairman, Special Committee on Campaign Expenditures (Eighty-second Congress); majority whip (Eighty-seventh through Ninety-first Congresses), majority leader (Ninety-second Congress); disappeared while on a campaign flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October 16, 1972; served from January 3, 1947, until January 3, 1973, when he was presumed dead pursuant to House Resolution 1, Ninety-third Congress.
Engstrom, Richard L. "The Hale Boggs Gerrymander: Congressional Redistricting, 1969." Detailed account of the close connection between family life and politics for the Boggs family. Also described are senior members of Congress who met Air Force 1 and Hale Boggs's first meeting with President Lyndon B. Johnson. Known for voting his conscience, Boggs broke with many of his fellow southern Members to support the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Interview recorded June 23, 2009
A signed typescript of Hale Boggs's speech relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and describing the arrival in Washington, D.C. of Air Force 1 with the President's body. Letters express condolences on the death of DeLesseps Morrison. Known for voting his conscience, Boggs broke with many of his fellow southern Members to support the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Fair Housing Act of 1968. Mr. Boggs attended local Roman Catholic schools, from a parish elementary school in Bethesda, Md., through Georgetown Prep, Georgetown University and finally Georgetown Law School. Cokie Roberts, Congressional Correspondent and Daughter of Representatives Hale and Lindy Boggs of Louisiana A finding aid is available in the library.A signed typescript of Hale Boggs's speech relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and describing the arrival in Washington, D.C. of Air Force 1 with the President's body. Correspondents include Hale Boggs.
Gibson, Dirk C. "Hale Boggs on J. Edgar Hoover: Rhetorical Choice and Political Denunciation." ; 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. Hale Boggs, first elected to the House from Louisiana in 1940 and again in 1946, served in Congress for 28 years.
"Hale Boggs: A Southern Spokesman for the Democratic Party." ; 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. Eggler, Bruce. Boulard, Garry. Ph.D. Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr., known as Hale Boggs (February 15, 1914 – October 16, 1972), was an attorney and high-ranking U.S. Representative from New Orleans, Louisiana. diss., Louisiana State University, 1980. Cokie Roberts, Congressional Correspondent and Daughter of Representatives Hale and Lindy Boggs of Louisiana Interviews conducted with Hale Boggs by T. H. Baker on March 13 and 27, 1969. BOGGS, Thomas Hale, Sr., (husband of Corinne Claiborne Boggs), a Representative from Louisiana; born in Long Beach, Harrison County, Miss., February 15, 1914; attended the public and parochial schools of Jefferson Parish, La.