Clare Boothe Luce

Clare Boothe Luce     (politician, author)
Born	Ann Clare Boothe March 10, 1903, U.S. New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	1987-10-09 (Age 84) Washington DC
Religion	Roman Catholic
Children	Ann Clare Brokaw
Spouse	George Tuttle Brokaw
Member of	American Committee on United Europe, Committee on the Present Danger/Members, Council on Foreign Relations/Historical Members, Knights of Malta
Party	Republican
Relatives	Anna Clara Schneider & William Franklin Boothe
United States Ambassador to Italy In office May 4, 1953 - December 27, 1956 Succeeded by James David Zellerbach  United States Ambassador to Brazil In office April 28, 1959 - May 1, 1959  Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's 4th district In office January 3, 1943 - January 3, 1947

Clare Boothe Luce was the first American woman appointed to a major ambassadorial post abroad. She was the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Time magazine, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated.

JFK Assassination

When Clare Boothe Luce asked Lyndon Johnson why he agreed to be US Vice President, he told her that his research showed that 6 out of 33 of US Presidents had achieved office without being elected, and that “I’m a gambling man.” Mark Gorton adds that "a study of LBJ’s history shows that he was anything but a gambling man. In fact, LBJ was a man who left nothing to chance. Most likely, LBJ planned to kill JFK from the moment he considered becoming vice president."

 

An appointment by Clare Boothe Luce

Appointee	Job	Appointed	End	Description
Giovanni De Lorenzo	SIFAR/Director	December 1955	October 1962	Retained effective control of SIFAR although no longer official director

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