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Boggs took issue with the assertions of Warren Commission critics and stated that it was "human nature" that "many people would prefer to believe there was a conspiracy". [13] [14] Boggs' son, Thomas Hale Boggs Jr., later stated that his father had shown him dossiers compiled by the FBI on Warren Commission critics in order to discredit them. [15]
Roberts was born in New Orleans. [7] She received the nickname Cokie from her brother, Tommy, who as a child could not pronounce her given name, Corinne. [8]Her parents were Lindy Boggs and Hale Boggs, each of whom served for decades as Democratic members of the House of Representatives from Louisiana; Lindy succeeded Hale after his plane disappeared over Alaska in 1972. [9]
Boggs was the son of Thomas Hale Boggs (1914–1972), a United States Representative from Louisiana's 2nd congressional district, [2] and Lindy Boggs (1916–2013), her husband's successor in the 2nd congressional district and thereafter U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican under U.S. President Bill Clinton. [3]
Boggs was the widow of former Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives Hale Boggs. She is one of three female U.S. Representatives from Louisiana, the others being Catherine Small Long and Julia Letlow, each of whom took office in special elections after the death of their husbands.
Peltola’s death continues a tragic history with politicians and plane incidents in the state. ... a plane carrying House majority leader Hale Boggs and Alaska Rep. Nicholas Begich disappeared ...
On October 16, 1972, Begich and House Majority Leader Hale Boggs (D-Louisiana), were two of the four men on board a twin-engine Cessna 310 when the airplane disappeared during a flight from Anchorage to Juneau. Also on board were Begich's aide, Russell Brown, and the pilot, Don Jonz. [12] The four were heading to a campaign fundraiser for Begich.
In 1972, then-House Majority Leader Thomas Hale Boggs Sr., D-La., and Begich's grandfather, Rep. Nick Begich, D-Alaska, were both aboard a small plane flying from Anchorage to Juneau that disappeared.
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