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Phi Beta Kappa
Politician members in Mississippi

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.   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 Lorenzo Nolley Dantzler III (1899-1951) — also known as L. N. Dantzler Jr. — of Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla. Born in Atlanta, Fulton County, Ga., September 25, 1899. Lumber business; Honorary Vice-Consul for Argentina in Tampa, Fla., 1928-47. Methodist. Member, Rotary; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in Tampa, Hillsborough County, Fla., March 30, 1951 (age 51 years, 186 days). Interment at Griffin Cemetery, Moss Point, Miss.   Relatives: Son of Lorenzo Nolley Dantzler and Bessie (Hunt) Dantzler; married 1921 to Louise Gay.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Image source: Tampa Morning Tribune, March 31, 1951   John Cornelius Stennis (1901-1995) — also known as John C. Stennis — of DeKalb, Kemper County, Miss. Born in Kemper County, Miss., August 3, 1901. Democrat. Member of Mississippi state house of representatives, 1928-32; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1936, 1948, 1952 (member, Credentials Committee), 1956, 1960; state court judge in Mississippi, 1937-47; U.S. Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89. Presbyterian. Member, Farm Bureau; American Bar Association; Freemasons; Lions; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta; Alpha Chi Rho. Died April 23, 1995 (age 93 years, 263 days). Interment at DeKalb Cemetery, DeKalb, Miss.   Relatives: Son of Hampton Howell Stennis and Cornelia (Adams) Stennis; married 1929 to Coy Hines.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier — OurCampaigns candidate detail

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