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Robert Andrew Ainsworth Jr. (1910-1981) —
also known as Robert A. Ainsworth, Jr. —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Gulfport, Harrison
County, Miss., May 10,
1910.
Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Louisiana
state senate, 1952-61; U.S.
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1961-66; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, 1966-81; died in
office 1981.
Member, Order of
the Coif; American Judicature Society.
Died, during treatment for a heart
attack, at Southern Baptist Hospital,
New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., December
22, 1981 (age 71 years, 226
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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William Nathaniel Ethridge Jr. (1912-1971) —
of Oxford, Lafayette
County, Miss.
Born in Columbus, Lowndes
County, Miss., August
3, 1912.
Lawyer;
law
professor; justice of
Mississippi state supreme court, 1950-71; died in office 1971; chief
justice of Mississippi state supreme court, 1966-71; died in
office 1971.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Delta Phi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Died July 29,
1971 (age 58 years, 360
days).
Interment at Oxford Memorial Cemetery, Oxford, Miss.
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Floyd Davidson Spence (1928-2001) —
also known as Floyd Spence —
of Lexington, Lexington
County, S.C.
Born in Columbia, Richland
County, S.C., April 9,
1928.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer;
member of South
Carolina state house of representatives, 1957-62; delegate to
Republican National Convention from South Carolina, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair), 1988;
member of South
Carolina state senate, 1967-70 (22nd District 1967-68, 7th
District 1969-70); resigned 1970; U.S.
Representative from South Carolina 2nd District, 1971-2001; died
in office 2001.
Lutheran.
Member, Sons
of Confederate Veterans; Farm
Bureau; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Forty and
Eight; American Bar
Association; American Judicature Society; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kappa
Alpha Order.
Died, following surgery to remove a blood clot
from his brain, in St. Dominic-Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Jackson, Hinds
County, Miss., August
16, 2001 (age 73 years, 129
days).
Interment at St. Peters Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, S.C.
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