found: Biog. dir. of the United States 1774-present, accessed Apr. 16, 2012 (Boggs, James Caleb, Representative and Senator from Delaware; b. Cheswold, Kent County, Del., May 15, 1909; attended the rural schools; grad. Univ. of Delaware at Newark in 1931 and from Georgetown Univ. Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1937; admitted to the bar in 1938 and commenced practice in Dover, Del; served during the Second World War in the U.S. Army 1941-1946; deputy judge of family court of New Castle County, Del., 1946; elected as a Republican to Eightieth, Eighty-first, and Eighty-second Congresses (Jan. 3, 1947-Jan. 3, 1953); was not a candidate for renomination in 1952 to the Eighty-third Congress; Governor of Delaware from Jan. 1953, until his resignation Dec. 30, 1960; elected as Republican to the U.S. Senate in 1960; reelected in 1966 and served from Jan. 3, 1961, to Jan. 3, 1973; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1972; practiced law in Wilmington, Del.; was resident of Wilmington, Del., until his death on Mar. 26, 1993; interment in Old Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dover, Del.)
Boggs, J. Caleb (James Caleb), 1909-1993
