But Hale's warning the President about going to Dallas was that there was great infighting among the members of the Democratic party and the Democratic stars in the state and he didn't want the President to become involved in a factional disagreement.

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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.