What Was Senator Soup?

Victor Biaka-Boda, the Ivory Coast's representative in the French Senate, returned to his home district in January 1950 to campaign for reelection. It wasn't a smart career move. Later that month, his belongings and bones were found near the village of Bouafle. The leftovers were shipped off to police labs in Paris, France for analysis, but it was plain that Victor Biaka-Boda had ended his days in a tureen. Until the facts were in, however, a successor could not be named, and his constituents had to forgo representation. It took the French Overseas Ministry two years to acknowledge officially that Victor Biaka-Bida had been eaten. Only then could the vacancy be filled. As the New York Times delicately put it, "You cannot have your senator and eat him too."

This is what is considered to be Senator Soup.