Subjects – Boggs, Hale
Representative Corinne “Lindy” Boggs of Louisiana
March 13, 1916
Representative Corinne “Lindy” Boggs of Louisiana, an advocate for women’s equality and the preservation of House history, was born in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana.
Majority Whip Hale Boggs’ support of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
July 09, 1965
On this date, Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana took to the House Floor to make a stirring speech in favor of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
August 03, 1965
On this date, by a vote of 328 to 74, the House approved the Voting Rights Act (VRA)—a landmark in the long civil rights movement.
The Disappearence of Majority Leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana and Representative Nicholas Begich of Alaska
October 16, 1972
On this date, a small charted plane carrying Majority Leader Hale Boggs of Louisiana, Alaska Representative Nicholas Begich, and a Begich aide disappeared between Anchorage and Juneau, Alaska, during a campaign trip.