Margaret Chase Smith
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Margaret Chase Smith

Personal data
Date of birthDecember 14, 1897
Place of birthSkowhegan, Maine
Date of deathMay 29, 1995(age 97)
Place of deathSkowhegan, Maine
Political partyRepublican
SpouseClyde Smith
Alma materColby College (honorary degrees)
In officeJanuary 3, 1949 - January 3, 1973
Succeeded byWilliam Hathaway
Preceded byWallace H. White, Jr.
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district
In officeJune 3, 1940 - January 3, 1949
Succeeded byCharles P. Nelson
Preceded byClyde Smith

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Margaret Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 � May 29, 1995) was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). She was a moderate Republican, included with those known as Rockefeller Republicans. When she left office, Smith had the record as the longest-serving female senator in United States history,

ranking 11th in seniority among the members of the Senate, a distinction that has not been surpassed.

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Wetumpka takes a few steps back in time in state history - Wetumpka Herald Tweet this news
Wetumpka Herald--In 1961, Congresswoman -Margaret Chase Smith- helped gain the designation of National Historic Landmark by the US Department of Interior National Park Service ... - Date : Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:16:08 GMT+00:00
Skowhegan starts branding effort - Morning Sentinel Tweet this news
Morning Sentinel---Margaret Chase Smith- and the world's best chocolate ice cream. The images contained in the Arnett Muldrow branding document can be used, free of charge, ... - Date : Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:18:27 GMT+00:00
State innovation head tours UMaine facilities - The Maine Campus Tweet this news
The Maine Campus--Renault's visit was part of a series run by the -Margaret Chase Smith- Policy Center. The Distinguished Maine Policy Fellows Program is designed to provide ... - Date : Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:11:25 GMT+00:00
Politicians chase the schoolyard vote - Sydney Morning Herald Tweet this news
Sydney Morning Herald--The exhibition features single works from 93 female Australian artists - among them Grace Cossington -Smith-, Tracey Moffatt and -Margaret- Olley - and is ... - Date : Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:53:42 GMT+00:00
MAINE COMPASS: Ethnicity, gender issues make 2010 an election for history books - Kennebec Journal Tweet this news
Kennebec Journal--Maine first sent -Margaret Chase Smith- to Washington in 1940, the same year Helen Knudsen became the first Maine woman to appear on the ballot for governor, ... - Date : Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:10:43 GMT+00:00
Remembering The Madness And Mayhem Of McCarthyism� A Primer For Israel - CounterCurrents.org Tweet this news
CounterCurrents.org---Margaret Chase Smith- spoke before the Senate of the United States in 1950 in a speech titled “Declaration of Conscience,” and noted “some of the basic ... - Date : Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:45:29 GMT+00:00
Maine's senators 'finally show their true colors' - Morning Sentinel Tweet this news
Morning Sentinel--They hail from a state that has had its share of statesmen, Edmond Muskie and -Margaret Chase Smith- come to mind, but instead of leading by their example, ... - Date : Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:03:51 GMT+00:00
A forceful 'Declaration of Conscience' - The Keene Sentinel Tweet this news
The Keene Sentinel---Margaret Chase Smith- rose on the Senate floor to speak out against her colleague, Joseph McCarthy, and his anti-communism campaign. ... - Date : Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:12:48 GMT+00:00
2010/2011 Budget Debate by Mr. Picewell Forbes‏ - thebahamasweekly.com Tweet this news
thebahamasweekly.com--Mr. Speaker I would like to commence my presentation by paraphrasing a few words from -Margaret Chase Smith-, delivered 1 st June, 1980 - 'I would like to ... - Date : Wed, 09 Jun 2010 15:37:17 GMT+00:00
Happy Fathers Day - Fathers Day Poems and Quotes - Temptos News Tweet this news
Temptos News---...- by the Maine Senator -Margaret Chase Smith- but at last In 1966, President Lyndon Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, ... - Date : Sun, 20 Jun 2010 07:08:52 GMT+00:00

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by
Clyde H. Smith
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maine's 2 congressional district

1940 - 1949
Succeeded by
Charles Pembroke Nelson
United States Senate
Preceded by
Wallace H. White, Jr.
United States Senator from Maine
Served alongside: Owen Brewster, Frederick G. Payne, Edmund Muskie

1949 - 1973
Succeeded by
William Hathaway
Party political offices
Preceded by
Leverett Saltonstall
Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference
1967 - 1973
Succeeded by
Norris Cotton
Honorary titles
Preceded by
Milward L. Simpson
Oldest living U.S. Senator
June 10, 1993 - May 29, 1995
Succeeded by
Jennings Randolph


United States Senators from Maine

Class 1Holmes * Parris * Holmes * Shepley * Dana * Williams * Fairfield * Moor * Hamlin * Nourse * Hamlin * Morrill * Hamlin * E. Hale * Johnson * F. Hale * Brewster * Payne * Muskie * Mitchell * Snowe
Class 2Chandler * Sprague * Ruggles * Evans * Bradbury * Fessenden * Farwell * Fessenden * Morrill * Blaine * Frye * Gardner * Burleigh * Fernald * Gould * White * Smith * Hathaway * Cohen * Collins

United States presidential election, 1964

Democratic Party1964 Democratic National Convention
CandidatesBrewster * Brown * Johnson * Kennedy * Randolph * Reynolds * Wallace * Welsh * Yorty
VP CandidatesDodd * Humphrey * Kennedy * McCarthy
Republican Party1964 Republican National Convention
CandidatesFong * Goldwater * Lodge * Nixon * Rhodes * Rockefeller * Scranton * Smith * Stassen
VP CandidatesMiller



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