Hale Boggs

Hale Boggs
House Majority Leader
In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1973[1]
Deputy	Tip O'Neill
Speaker	Carl Albert
Preceded by	Carl Albert
Succeeded by	Tip O'Neill
House Majority Whip
In office January 10, 1962 – January 3, 1971
Leader	John William McCormack
Preceded by	Carl Albert
Succeeded by	Tip O'Neill
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1973
Preceded by	Paul H. Maloney
Succeeded by	Lindy Boggs
In office January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by	Paul H. Maloney
Succeeded by	Paul H. Maloney
Personal details
Born	Thomas Hale Boggs (1914-02-15)February 15, 1914 Long Beach, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	Disappeared October 16, 1972(1972-10-16) (aged 58) Alaska, U.S. Declared dead in absentia (1972-12-29)December 29, 1972
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Lindy Claiborne
Children	Cokie Tommy Barbara
Education	Tulane University (BA, LLB)

Thomas Hale Boggs Sr. (February 15, 1914 – disappeared October 16, 1972) was an American Democratic politician and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the House majority leader and a member of the Warren Commission.

In October 1972, Boggs was travelling with congressman Nick Begich, of Alaska, and two others when the plane disappeared while flying from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska. He was declared dead in declared dead in absentia in December 1972.

• List of people who disappeared mysteriously: 1910–1990

• United States Congress. "Hale Boggs (id: B000594)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Transcript, Hale Boggs Oral History Interview, 3/13/69, by T. H. Baker, Internet Copy, LBJ Library. at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2001-11-26)
• "Hale Boggs — Freedom of Information Privacy Act page". Federal Bureau of Investigation.
• Hale Boggs Telex — Debunked
• Oral History Interviews with Hale Boggs, from the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2001-11-26)
• Hale Boggs Appearances on C-SPAN

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