Lindy Boggs

Lindy Boggs
Portrait, 1997
5th United States Ambassador to the Holy See
In office
December 16, 1997 – March 1, 2001
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byRaymond Flynn
Succeeded byJim Nicholson
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Louisiana's 2nd district
In office
March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991
Preceded byHale Boggs
Succeeded byWilliam J. Jefferson
Personal details
Born
Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne

(1916-03-13)March 13, 1916
New Roads, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedJuly 27, 2013(2013-07-27) (aged 97)
Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
(m. 1938; died 1972)
Children4, including Barbara, Tommy, and Cokie
EducationTulane University (BA)

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was a politician who served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and later as United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana. She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention, which met in New York City to nominate the Carter-Mondale ticket.[1] She was the first woman to preside over a major party convention.[2]

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.

  1. ^ "IPTV website". Archived from the original on September 14, 2008.
  2. ^ She was followed in that capacity by Martha Layne Collins in 1984, Ann Richards in 1992, and Nancy Pelosi in 2008.