Hale Boggs

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Hale Boggs was a prominent American Democratic politician from Louisiana who served as House Majority Leader and played a key role in national politics during the mid-20th century.

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Label Occurrences
Hale Boggs canonical 4
Lindy Boggs 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Democratic Party politician
human
member of the United States House of Representatives
politician
bodyDiscovered no
causeOfDeath plane crash
child Barbara Boggs Sigmund
Cokie Roberts
Tom Boggs
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1914-02-15
dateOfDeath 1972-10-16
educatedAt Tulane University
Tulane University
surface form: Tulane University Law School
endTime (first House term) 1943
endTime (House Majority Leader) 1972
endTime (House Majority Whip) 1971
endTime (long House service) 1972
familyName Boggs
givenName Thomas
memberOf United States Congress
United States House of Representatives
Warren Commission
militaryService United States Navy
notableEvent disappearance in Alaska during a campaign flight in 1972
notableWork service on the Warren Commission investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy
occupation lawyer
politician
partyAffiliation Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
placeOfBirth Long Beach, Mississippi, United States
placeOfDeath near Chugach Mountains, Alaska, United States
politicalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
positionHeld House Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives
House Majority Whip
surface form: House Majority Whip of the United States House of Representatives

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
Member of the Warren Commission
religion Roman Catholicism
represented Louisiana
Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
residence New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
sexOrGender male
spouse Hale Boggs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Lindy Boggs
startTime (first House term) 1941
startTime (House Majority Leader) 1971
startTime (House Majority Whip) 1962
startTime (long House service) 1947
successorAsHouseMajorityLeader Tip O'Neill
successorInHouseSeat Lindy Boggs

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Warren Commission member Hale Boggs
Hale Boggs spouse Hale Boggs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Lindy Boggs