And Hale was devoted to President Kennedy, and there was some talk following the assassination that Hale had warned the President not to go to Dallas, and the connotation was that it would be physically dangerous for him to do so.

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Tulane's Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology building is named in honor of her. No female representative from Louisiana has served in the House since Boggs left office. 8 percent) to Couhig's 25512 (36.

She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention which made her the first female to preside over a major party convention. 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.