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Former Rep. Lindy Boggs, a plantation-born Louisianan who used her soft-spoken grace to fight for civil rights during nearly 18 years in Congress after.

Lindy Boggs, the former congresswoman from Louisiana, died Saturday at the age of Boggs came to Washington in , the year her husband, Hale Boggs, began....

Lindy Boggs

Lindy Boggs

In office December 16, 1997 – March 1, 2001
President	Bill Clinton George W. Bush
Preceded by	Raymond Flynn
Succeeded by	Jim Nicholson
In office March 20, 1973 – January 3, 1991
Preceded by	Hale Boggs
Succeeded by	William Jefferson
Born	Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne (1916-03-13)March 13, 1916 New Roads, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	July 27, 2013(2013-07-27) (aged 97) Chevy Chase, Maryland, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Hale Boggs (m. 1938; died 1972)
Children	4, including Barbara, Tommy, Cokie
Education	Tulane University (BA)

Marie Corinne Morrison Claiborne Boggs (March 13, 1916 – July 27, 2013) was an Americanpolitician.

She served in the U.S. House of Representatives. She later served as the United States Ambassador to the Holy See. She was the first woman elected to Congress from Louis