A History Of Political Plane Crashes
With reports of former Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) being involved in a plane crash in Alaska, it should be noted that there have been many high-profile plane crashes in American politics. Let's take a look.
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| Ted Kennedy and Birch Bayh, Massachusetts, 1964 On June 19, 1964, Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN), were badly injured in a plane crash on the way to the Massachusetts Democratic Party convention. The two survived, but Kennedy aide Edward Moss and the pilot were both killed. Hale Boggs and Nick Begich, Alaska, 1972 On October 16, 1972, House Majority Leader Hale Boggs (D-LA) was campaigning with first-term Democratic Rep. Nick Begich (D-AK) when their plane disappeared in the mountains en route to a fundraiser in Juneau. Having not been legally declared dead yet, Begich was re-elected in November 1972, against Republican nominee Don Young. The special election in early 1973 to replace Begich was then won by Young, who has held the seat ever since. Begich's son, Democrat Mark Begich, would later serve as Mayor of Anchorage and is now Alaska's junior Senator, having narrowly defeated Stevens in 2008. Boggs was succeeded by his widow, Democrat Lindy Boggs, the first woman elected to Congress from Louisiana, who held the seat until her retirement at the 1990 election. Jerry Litton, Missouri, 1976 On August 3, 1976, Rep. Jerry Litton (D-MO), his wife and their children were killed in a plane crash, on the way to a victory party to celebrate Litton's win in the Democratic primary for Senate. The state Democratic Party then selected Warren Hearnes, who had come in second place in that primary. Hearnes then went on to lose the general election against Republican John Danforth, who held the seat until his retirement in 1994. |
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