Barbara Boggs Sigmund

Barbara Boggs Sigmund
Mayor of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey
In office
1983 – October 10, 1990
Personal details
Born
Barbara Boggs

(1939-05-27)May 27, 1939
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 1990(1990-10-10) (aged 51)
Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePaul Sigmund
Children3
Parent(s)Hale Boggs
Lindy Boggs
RelativesCokie Roberts (sister)
Tommy Boggs (brother)
Rebecca Roberts (niece)
EducationManhattanville College

Barbara Boggs Sigmund (May 27, 1939 – October 10, 1990) was an American writer, Democratic politician, and civic leader. She served as a Mercer County Freeholder and mayor of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey from 1983 to 1990. She finished fourth in the primary for U.S. Senate in 1982 and a distant second in the primary for Governor of New Jersey in 1989.

She was the daughter of Hale Boggs and Lindy Boggs, who both represented Louisiana in the United States House of Representatives.[1]