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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.
Son of Robert Andrew Ainsworth and Catherine (Wursch) Ainsworth.
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.
Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs.
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;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
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, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash (age 58 years, 244
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Jr. (b. 1940) —
of Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., September
18, 1940.
Son of Thomas
Hale Boggs, Sr. and Corinne
Claiborne Boggs.
Democrat. Economist;
lawyer;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 8th District, 1970.
Member, American Judicature Society; American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi.
Still living as of 2009.
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William Joseph O'Hara (b. 1891) —
also known as William J. O'Hara —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La., February
14, 1891.
Son of Joseph
Aloysius O'Hara.
Newspaper
reporter; lawyer;
Judge, Criminal District Court, Orleans Parish, 1932.
Member, Knights
of Columbus; American Judicature Society.
Burial
location unknown.
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Married to Gertrude Richard. |
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