Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr.

Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (born 1941), is an American lawyer and lobbyist, based in Washington, D.C.^[1]

Boggs is the son of the late Thomas Hale Boggs (1914–1972), a United States Representative from Louisiana from 1941–43 and again from 1947 until his death in 1972, and Lindy Boggs (born 1916), a United States Representative from Louisiana from 1973 until 1991. Lindy Boggs later served as U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican under President Bill Clinton. His siblings include journalist and news commentator Cokie Roberts, and the late Barbara Boggs Sigmund who served as the mayor of Princeton, New Jersey.

Boggs began his legal practice in New Orleans and later moved to Washington, D.C. to become a lawyer and lobbyist in the nation's capitol. He joined the law/lobbyist firm of James R. Patton, Jr., which today is known as Patton Boggs. Boggs is the firm's senior partner.

Boggs ran for US Congress in Maryland from District 8 as Democrat against incumbent Republican Gilbert Gude in 1970.^[2]

References

^ Eisler, Kim. "Influential Lawyers' List Favors DC". washingtonian.com. http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/654.html. Retrieved 2008-11-09.
^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1970election.pdf

External links

Bill Myers, "The King of K Street", Washington Times, July 27, 2008
Daniel Franklin (April, 1995). "Tommy Boggs and the death of health care reform". Washington Monthly. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1316/is_/ai_16827472.
CNN Saturday Morning News, "Novak Zone: Interview with Tommy Boggs", November 29, 2003

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