Death and Legacy
Boggs died at Wilmington and 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.
Among the many tributes received by his fellow Senators was the following from U.S. Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia:
| “ | On an objective, senatorial level, Senator Boggs was a militant, but rational environmentalist. A co-sponsor of the National Air Quality Standards Act of 1970, Senator Boggs helped to win congressional approval of this bill, which was signed into law by President Nixon. Further, Cale Boggs was a co-sponsor and helped to write the Water Quality Act of 1965. In 1970, Senator Boggs helped to strengthen State authority to prohibit sewage and pesticide discharge into rivers and lakes and to provide for coordinated Federal attacks on river and lake pollution in the Water Quality Act of 1970.
Through those and other vital contributions in education, medicine, agriculture, transportation, and other domestic concerns, Senator Boggs left an enviable record of legislation aimed at improving the quality of life of all Americans and at widening opportunities for all of our citizens. But, above all, Cale Boggs will probably be best remembered by his friends still serving in the Senate and by the people of Delaware as a friend, a man of warm humanity, and as a gentleman who sought ever to set people at ease through his common touch and deep consideration of other people's feelings. Cale Boggs was a man whose friendship one easily sought and, once secured, was long treasured. |
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| Delaware General Assembly |
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| Year | Assembly | Senate Majority | President |
House Majority | Speaker | ||||||
| 1953–1954 | 117th | Republican | Thomas L. Johnson | Republican | Frank A. Jones | ||||||
| 1955–1956 | 118th | Democratic | Charles G. Moore | Democratic | James R. Quigley | ||||||
| 1957–1958 | 119th | Democratic | Lemuel Hickman | Democratic | Harry E. Mayhew | ||||||
| 1959–1960 | 120th | Democratic | Allen J. Cook | Democratic | Sherman W. Tribbitt | ||||||
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