WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- Thomas Boggs Jr., the son of two congressional representatives who spent much of his own life lobbying Congress, died Monday of a heart attack.
His sister, Cokie Roberts, a journalist with National Public Radio and NBC, said Boggs, 73, died at his home in Chevy Chase, Md.
Boggs, a lawyer, made an unsuccessful run for Congress from a Maryland district in 1970. But he spent most of his life as a Washington lawyer and lobbyist, becoming senior partner in the firm then known as Patton Boggs.
His father, Thomas Hale Boggs, D-La., served in Congress from 1947 until 1973. He was majority leader for two years before his death in a plane crash in Alaska.
The congressman's widow, Lindy, won his seat in a special election and remained in Congress until 1991. She later served as U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and died in 2013.
Boggs represented the American Bankers Association, lobbying for repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act. He also lobbied for federal assistance to save the Chrysler Corp.
Patton Boggs, now known as Squire Patton Boggs, merged with Squire Sanders last year. The company had been under financial stress because of a costly battle with Chevron over environmental damage in Ecuador.
