It has been a privilege beyond belief for me to have represented the State of Louisiana in Congress and to have been given the blessed assignment of U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See.

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Tulane's Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology building is named in honor of her. No female representative from Louisiana has served in the House since Boggs left office. 8 percent) to Couhig's 25512 (36.

She was also a permanent chairwoman of the 1976 Democratic National Convention which made her the first female to preside over a major party convention. She is the widow of former House Majority Leader Hale Boggs and the mother of three children: Cokie Roberts (a television news commentator) Thomas Hale Boggs Jr.