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{{Short description|American politician (1909–1993)}}
{{For|the similarly named U.S. Representative from the same time period|Hale Boggs}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = J. Caleb Boggs
|image = Cale
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|predecessor1 = [[LeRoy Collins]]
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|order2 = 62nd [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]]
|lieutenant2 = [[John W. Rollins]]<br/>David P. Buckson
|term_start2 = January 20, 1953
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|predecessor2 = [[Elbert N. Carvel]]
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|district3 = {{ushr|DE|AL|at-large}}
|term_start3 = January 3, 1947
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|successor3 = [[Herbert B. Warburton]]
|office4 = Associate Judge of the [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]] Family Court
|term_start4 = November 9, 1942
|term_end4 = January 3, 1947
|predecessor4 = Billy Bickson
|successor4 = Johnathan Taylor
|birth_name = James Caleb Boggs
|birth_date = {{birth date|1909|5|15}}
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1993|3|26|1909|5|15}}
|death_place = [[Newark, Delaware]], U.S.
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth Muir|1931|1992|end = died}}
|children = 2
|education = [[University of Delaware]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br/>[[Georgetown University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
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|branch = {{army|United States}}
|rank = [[Colonel]]
|serviceyears = 1941–1946
|unit = [[6th Armored Division (United States)|6th Armored Division]]
|battles = [[World War II]]
|mawards = [[Service star|Campaign Stars]] (5)<br/>[[Legion of Merit]]<br/>[[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]<br/>[[Croix de Guerre]]
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'''James Caleb
* {{cite book |last=Moynihan |first=Daniel Patrick |author-link=Daniel Patrick Moynihan |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vYEvAAAAIAAJ&q=%22cale+boggs%22&pg=RA9-PP15 |chapter=Committee Statement to Report No. 96-391 |year=1979 |title=Congressional Serial Set |page=1}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=44vnDwAAQBAJ&q=%22cale+boggs%22&pg=PT28 |title=No Ordinary Joe: The Life and Career of Joe Biden |last=Hagan |first=David |publisher=Oppian |year=2020 |isbn=9789518771411 |page=4}}
* {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Bn08AQAAIAAJ&q=%22cale+boggs%22 |year=1985 |volume=4 |title=Delaware Lawyer |page=10}}
* {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/17/opinion/joe-biden-nytimes-interview.html |title=Joe Biden: Former vice president of the United States |author=The Editorial Board |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 17, 2020}}</ref>
He was a veteran of [[World War II]], and a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], who served three terms as [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from Delaware, two terms as [[List of governors of Delaware|Governor of Delaware]], and two terms as [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator from Delaware]]. He lost [[1972 United States Senate election in Delaware|re-election in 1972]] in an upset by 3,162 votes (or 1.4%) to then–[[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County]] councilman and future [[President of the United States]] [[Joe Biden]].
==Early life and education==
Boggs was born on May 15, 1909, at [[Cheswold, Delaware]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Biographies of Newly Elected Senators |url=https://library.cqpress.com/cqalmanac/document.php?id=cqal60-880-28174-1331542 |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=CQ Almanac Online Edition}}</ref> the son of Edgar Jefferson and Lettie Vaughn Boggs. Boggs joined the Delaware National Guard in 1926 and became a reserve officer that year.<ref name=":0" />
In 1931, he married Elizabeth Muir; the couple had two children, and were members of the Methodist Church.<ref name = Clements>{{cite news|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/159324794/|title = J. Caleb Boggs: 1909–1993; Former Del. governor, U.S. senator dies|last = Clements|first = Nan|date = March 28, 1993|newspaper = [[The News-Journal]]|page = A1, A17|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = December 9, 2023|url-access = subscription}}</ref>
He graduated from the [[University of Delaware]] in 1931 with an A.B. degree<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mayer |first=Michael S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dIhZxpoZVIQC |title=The Eisenhower Years |publisher=Facts On File, Incorporated |year=2010 |pages=51 |isbn=9781438119083 |via=Google Books}}</ref> and later graduated from [[Georgetown Law School]] in 1937<ref name=":0" /> with an LLB degree.<ref name=":0" />
== Career ==
In 1938, he was admitted to the [[Delaware State Bar Association]] and began the practice of law at [[Dover, Delaware]].<ref name=":0" />
During World War II, he served in the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] with the [[6th Armored Division (United States)|6th Armored Division]] fighting in Normandy, the [[Rhineland]], the [[Ardennes]], and central Europe. He earned five [[Service star|Campaign Stars]], the [[Legion of Merit]], the [[Bronze Star Medal]] with [[Oak leaf cluster|Oak Leaf Cluster]], and the [[Croix de guerre 1939–1945|Croix de Guerre]] with palm from France.<ref name = Clements/>
===U.S. House of Representatives===
Boggs was appointed Associate Judge of the Family Court of New Castle County in 1946. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1946, defeating incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] U.S. Representative [[Philip A. Traynor]]. He won the election a total of three times, also defeating Democrats J. Carl McGuigan in 1948, and Henry M. Winchester in 1950. Boggs served in the U.S. House from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1953.
===Governor of Delaware===
[[File:J. Caleb Boggs.jpg|150px|thumb|left|Boggs as governor]]
Boggs was elected Governor of Delaware in 1952, defeating incumbent Democratic Governor [[Elbert N. Carvel]], and won a second term in 1956, defeating Democrat J. H. Tyler McConnell. He served as governor from January 20, 1953, to December 30, 1960, when he resigned because of his upcoming U.S. Senate term. On April 2, 1958, he signed the bill that ended [[capital punishment]] in Delaware.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19590309&id=kQ4rAAAAIBAJ&pg=1737,4102655&hl=en|title=Answers to Questions|work=The Reading Eagle|page=8|date=March 9, 1959|access-date=May 31, 2020}}</ref>
===U.S. Senate===
[[File:Gerald Ford and J. Caleb Boggs.jpg|thumb|left|Boggs with President [[Gerald Ford]]]]
Boggs was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1960, narrowly defeating incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator [[J. Allen Frear Jr.]] by 1.4 percentage points, and becoming the only Republican to defeat an incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator that year. He was again elected to the U.S. Senate in 1966, defeating Democrat [[James M. Tunnell Jr.]], son of the former U.S. Senator. He served two terms from January 3, 1961, to January 3, 1973. Boggs voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964|Civil Rights Acts of 1964]] and [[Civil Rights Act of 1968|1968]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/88-1964/s409|title=HR. 7152. PASSAGE. -- Senate Vote #409 -- Jun 19, 1964|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN ... -- Senate Vote #346 -- Mar 11, 1968|website=GovTrack.us}}</ref> as well as the [[Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/87-1962/s226|title=S.J. RES. 29. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION BANNING THE POLL TAX AS PREREQUISITE FOR VOTING IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref> the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/89-1965/s78|title=TO PASS S. 1564, THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT OF 1965.}}</ref> and the confirmation of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|work=GovTrack.us}}</ref>
Boggs lost his bid for a third term in 1972 to the future 47th [[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]] and 46th [[President of the United States|President]], [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Joe Biden]], then a [[New Castle County]] councilman. Boggs was a reluctant candidate that year, being persuaded to run only to help avoid a divisive primary election.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/1974/06/01/joe-biden-kitty-kelley-1974-profile-death-and-the-all-american-boy/|title=Death and the All-American Boy {{!}} Washingtonian (DC)|date=1974-06-01|website=Washingtonian|language=en-US|access-date=2019-06-16}}</ref> Biden waged an energetic campaign, questioning Boggs's age and ability, and went on to defeat Boggs by approximately 1.4 percentage points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/when-a-young-joe-biden-used-his-opponents-age-against-him/ |title=When a young Joe Biden used his opponent's age against him |last=Erickson |first=Bo |publisher=CBS News |language=en |date=June 4, 2019}}</ref> In his last years, Boggs lived in [[Wilmington, Delaware]], where he continued to practice law until retiring in the early 1980s.<ref name = Clements/>
==Death and legacy==
Boggs' health declined in his final years due to diabetes and cancer. His wife, Elizabeth, died on April 1, 1992, and he died just under a year later, on March 26, 1993, at [[Christiana Hospital]] in [[Newark, Delaware]].<ref name = Clements/> He is buried in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery in Dover, on the grounds of the [[Delaware State Museum]]. The J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building at 844 King Street in [[Wilmington, Delaware]] is named for him.
==List of General Assembly sessions==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book |title=History of Delaware Through its Governors |last=
*{{cite book |title=Elbert N. Carvel |last=Martin |first=Roger |publisher=Delaware Heritage Press |location=Wilmington, Delaware |date=1997 |isbn=0-924117-08-7}}
*{{cite book |title=History of Delaware |last=Munroe |first=John A. |publisher=University of Delaware Press |location=Newark, Delaware |date=1993 |isbn=0-87413-493-5}}
==Images==
*[http://www.state.de.us/research/Tour/information/Governors/govs-39.shtml Hall of Governors Portrait Gallery
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930033333/http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.29fab9fb4add37305ddcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=4a8b224971c81010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD&vgnextchannel=e449a0ca9e3f1010VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States]
*[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000593 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress ]
*[http://www.russpickett.com/history/delgov5.htm#boggs
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*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boggs.html#R9M0IPU1D The Political Graveyard ]
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