Thomas K. Boggan

While studying law, Boggan was also working in the field of education.^[1] He was the Superintendent of public schools in Collins, Mississippi, from 1903 to 1907, of Magnolia, Mississippi, from 1907 to 1908, and of Biloxi, Mississippi, from 1908 to 1911.^[1] He was a member of the Mississippi State Textbook Commission from the 6th Congressional District from 1905 to 1910.^[1] He began practicing law in November 1912 in Meridian, Mississippi.^[1] Soon afterwards, he moved to Tupelo, Mississippi, and continued practicing law there.^[1] In 1915, Boggan was elected to represent the 38th District in the Mississippi State Senate for the 1916-1920 term.^[1] Boggan stopped practicing law in the 1920s, and continued teaching until 1947.^[3]

Boggan was a member of the Methodist Church, and of the Freemasons, Woodmen of the World, and the Knights of Pythias.^[1] He married Shirley Sue Neill in 1904.^[1] Boggan died at his home in Jackson, Mississippi, on March 28, 1958, from a self-inflicted bullet wound, after being "in ill health and despondent for a month."^[3]