Corinne C. (Lindy) Boggs

A Representative from Louisiana. Born Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne, on Brunswick Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish, La. , March 13, 1916. Graduated from St. Joseph's Academy, New Roads, La. , 1931. B. A. , Sophie Newcomb College, Tulane University, New Orleans, La. , 1935. Teacher. Elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-third Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy pronounced by House Resolution 1, Ninety-third Congress, of the presumed death of Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. , and reelected to the eight succeeding Congresses (March 20, 1973-January 3, 1991). Chair, Joint Committee on Bicentennial Arrangements (Ninety-fourth Congress). Chair, Commission on the Bicentenary of the United States House of Representatives (Ninety-ninth through One Hundred First Congresses). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second Congress in 1990. United States Ambassador to the Vatican, 1997-2001. Died on July 27, 2013, in Chevy Chase, Md. Interment at Saint Mary's Cemetery, New Roads, La.