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Marie Corinne Morrison Boggs (Claiborne)

Also Known As: "Lindy", "Marie Corinne Morrison Boggs"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Brunswick Plantation, Ventress, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States
Death: July 27, 2013 (97)
Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
Place of Burial: New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Roland Philemon Claiborne and Martha Corinne Keller
Wife of Hale Boggs, US Congress
Mother of Mayor Barbara Rowena Sigmund; Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (lobbyist); Cokie Roberts and William Robertson Boggs, III

Occupation: Democratic politician
Managed by: Marcy Davis
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About Marie Corinne Morrison Boggs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Boggs

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs, usually known as Lindy Boggs (born March 13, 1916) is a United States political figure who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as ambassador to the Vatican. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention,[1] which made her the first female to preside over a major party convention.[2]

She is the widow of former House Majority Leader Hale Boggs, and the mother of three children: Cokie Roberts (a television news commentator), Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr., (a prominent lobbyist), and the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund, a mayor of Princeton, New Jersey, and a candidate in the 1982 New Jersey Democratic senatorial primary election

  • Residence: Police Jury Ward 5, Pointe Coupee, Louisiana, United States - 1920
  • Residence: Same Place - 1935
  • Residence: Ward 12, New Orleans, New Orleans City, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 1940
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Marie Corinne Morrison Boggs's Timeline

1916
March 13, 1916
Brunswick Plantation, Ventress, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States
1939
May 27, 1939
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
1940
September 18, 1940
New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, United States
1943
December 27, 1943
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
1946
December 28, 1946
Louisiana, United States
2013
July 27, 2013
Age 97
Chevy Chase, Montgomery County, Maryland, United States
July 27, 2013
Age 97
New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, United States
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Tulane University
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US House of Representatives