Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Thomas Claiborne (1749-1812) — ofBrunswickCounty, Va.Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,February1, 1749.Democrat. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1783-88;BrunswickCounty Sheriff, 1789-92; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1790-92;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1793-99, 1801-05 (8th District1793-97, at-large 1797-99, 1801-05).Slaveowner. Died inBrunswickCounty, Va.,1812(ageabout63 years).Interment atClaiborneFamily Cemetery, Lawrenceville, Va. | | Ferdinand Leigh Claiborne (1772-1815) — also known asFerdinand L. Claiborne — ofAdamsCounty, Miss.Born inSussexCounty, Va.,March 9,1772.Member ofMississippiterritorial House of Representatives, 1804-10;Speakerof Mississippi Territory House of Representatives, 1809, 1809-10;memberMississippi territorial council, 1815.Died in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,March22, 1815 (age43 years, 13days).Burial location unknown. | | William Charles Cole Claiborne (1775-1817) — also known asWilliam C. C. Claiborne — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inSussexCounty, Va.,1775.Lawyer;delegateto Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1796; state courtjudge in Tennessee, 1796;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1797-1801;Governorof Mississippi Territory, 1801-04;Governorof Orleans Territory, 1804-12;Governor ofLouisiana, 1812-16;U.S.Senator from Louisiana, 1817; died in office 1817.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Fought aduelwith Daniel Clark on June 8, 1807; he was wounded in the thigh.Died of aliverailment, in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,November23, 1817 (ageabout 42years).Originally entombed atSt.Louis Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La.; re-entombed in 1872 atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | John Claiborne (1777-1808) — of Brunswick,BrunswickCounty, Va.Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,1777.U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1805-08 (at-large 1805-07, 17thDistrict 1807-08); died in office 1808.Died inBrunswickCounty, Va.,October9, 1808 (ageabout 31years).Intermentaprivate or family graveyard, Dinwiddie County, Va. | | Nathaniel Herbert Claiborne (1777-1859) — of Virginia. Born inSussexCounty, Va.,November14, 1777.Republican. Member ofVirginiastate house of delegates, 1810-12; member ofVirginiastate senate, 1821-25;U.S.Representative from Virginia, 1825-37 (7th District 1825-35, 3rdDistrict 1835-37).Slaveowner. Died near Rocky Mount,FranklinCounty, Va.,August15, 1859 (age81 years, 274days).Interment atClaibrookFamily Cemetery, Rocky Mount, Va. | | Thomas Claiborne (1780-1856) — of Tennessee. Born inBrunswickCounty, Va.,May 17,1780.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofTennesseestate house of representatives, 1811-15, 1831-33;Speakerof the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1813-15;U.S.Representative from Tennessee at-large, 1817-19.Member,Freemasons.Slaveowner. Died in Nashville,DavidsonCounty, Tenn.,January7, 1856 (age75 years, 235days).Interment atNashvilleCity Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. | | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne (1809-1884) — of Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.; New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,April24, 1809.Lawyer;member ofMississippistate house of representatives, 1830-34;U.S.Representative from Mississippi at-large, 1835-37, 1837-38.Slaveowner. Died near Natchez,AdamsCounty, Miss.,May 17,1884 (age75 years, 23days).Interment atTrinityCemetery, Natchez, Miss. | | Jacob Haight Morrison IV (1905-1974) — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Roads,PointeCoupee Parish, La.,March12, 1905.Newspaperreporter;lawyer;member ofLouisianastate board of education, 1930; served in the U.S. Army duringWorld War II.Catholic.Member,NationalTrust for Historic Preservation;American BarAssociation;PhiDelta Phi;SigmaDelta Chi.Died in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,December4, 1974 (age69 years, 267days).Interment atLafayetteCemetery No. 1, New Orleans, La. | | de Lesseps Story Morrison (1912-1964) — also known asde Lesseps S. Morrison;"Chep" —of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in New Roads,PointeCoupee Parish, La.,January18, 1912.Democrat. Member ofLouisianastate house of representatives, 1941;mayorof New Orleans, La., 1946-61; delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from Louisiana,1952,1956,1960(alternate).Catholic.Killed in aplanecrash in Ciudad Victoria,Tamaulipas,May22, 1964 (age52 years, 125days).Interment atMetairieCemetery, New Orleans, La. | | Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) — also known asHale Boggs — of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born in Long Beach,HarrisonCounty, Miss.,February15, 1914.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention fromLouisiana,1948,1956,1960,1968;Parliamentarian,1964;chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair,1968;candidate forGovernor ofLouisiana, 1952;Vice-Chairof Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President'sCommission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.Catholic.Member,AmericanLegion;Amvets;CatholicWar Veterans;Sons ofthe American Revolution;Knightsof Columbus;American BarAssociation;AmericanJudicature Society;PhiBeta Kappa;BetaTheta Pi;OmicronDelta Kappa.Disappearedwhile on acampaignflight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in aplanecrash, somewhere in Alaska,October16, 1972 (age58 years, 244days). The wreckage wasneverfound.Cenotaph atCongressionalCemetery, Washington, D.C.| |  Relatives: Sonof William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;married,January22, 1938, toCorinneClaiborne; father ofBarbaraBoggs Sigmund,ThomasHale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. | | | | Political family:Claiborne#1 family of Louisiana and Virginia (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | | | BoggsPeakin the Chugach Mountains,Anchorage,Alaska, isnamed forhim. | | | | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article —NNDBdossier | | | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: GaryBoulard,TheBig Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and LeanderPerez |
| | Corinne Claiborne Boggs (1916-2013) — also known asCorinne C. Boggs;Lindy Boggs;MarieCorinne Morrison Claiborne;Corinne Claiborne;Mrs.Hale Boggs —of New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.Born inPointeCoupee Parish, La.,March13, 1916.Democrat.Schoolteacher;U.S.Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1973-91; speaker,Democratic National Convention,1984,1988;U.S. Ambassador toVatican, 1997-2001.Female.Catholic.Died in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,July 27,2013 (age97 years, 136days).Burial location unknown. | | Barbara Boggs Sigmund (1939-1990) — also known asBarbara B. Sigmund;"MayorBarbara" —of Princeton,MercerCounty, N.J.BornMay 27,1939.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,1980;candidate forU.S.Senator from New Jersey, 1982;mayorof Princeton, N.J., 1984-90; died in office 1990; candidate forGovernorof New Jersey, 1989.Female.Losther left eye to cancer in 1982.DiedOctober10, 1990 (age51 years, 136days).Interment atPrincetonCemetery, Princeton, N.J. | | Thomas Hale Boggs Jr. (1940-2014) — also known asTommy Boggs — of Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.Born in New Orleans,OrleansParish, La.,September18, 1940.Democrat.Economist;lawyer;lobbyist;candidate forU.S.Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1970.Catholic.Member,AmericanJudicature Society;American BarAssociation;DeltaTheta Phi.Died, from aheartattack, in Chevy Chase,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,September15, 2014 (age73 years, 362days).Burial location unknown.
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