Margaret Chase Smith

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Margaret Chase Smith 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). Wikipedia
Born:
1897
Died:
1995
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  • American Rhetoric: Margaret...

    Margaret Chase Smith "Declaration of Conscience"delivered 1 June 1950 Mr. President: I would like to speak briefly and simply about a serious national condition.
    www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/margaretchasesmithconsc...

  • About Us- Margaret Chase...

    In 1930, she married Clyde H. Smith, a respected political leader in central Maine.
    www.umaine.edu/mcsc/AboutUs/Bio.htm

  • U.S. Senate: Art & History...

    One of the most noted early challenges to Joseph R. McCarthy 's charges of Communists in government was made by Margaret Chase Smith of Maine in her "Declaration of Conscience" speech in June 1950.
    www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/Speec...

  • Margaret Chase Smith...

    copyright 1999 Margaret Chase Smith Library.
    www.mcslibrary.org/

  • Wikipedia

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