Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Chase Smith

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1897-12-14
Deathday: 1995-05-29 (97 years old)

Biography

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either. A Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience".Smith was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in the 1964 election; she was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the presidency at a major party's convention. Upon leaving office, she was the longest-serving female senator in history, a distinction that was not surpassed until January 4, 2011, when Senator Barbara Mikulski from Maryland exceeded her record. Smith was ranked as the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate, a distinction that was not surpassed until January 3, 2021, when Susan Collins, who holds the same Senate seat she previously held, was sworn in for a fifth term. Brief biography at the US Senate

Margaret Chase Smith Library

"Declaration of Conscience" ~ Audio clip ~ (PDF)

An Interview with Margaret Chase Smith at Smithsonian Folkways

Sherman, Janann. No Place for a Woman: A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith (2000)

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1897-12-14

Deathday
1995-05-29 (97 years old)

Birth Name
Margaret Madeline Chase

Relationships
Clyde H. Smith (1930-01-01 - 1940-04-08)

Father
George Emery Chase

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
honorary doctor of Brandeis University, honorary doctor of the Northwestern University, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Elizabeth Blackwell Award, Maine Women's Hall of Fame, Distinguished Americans series, National Women's Hall of Fame, Time 100, Presidential Medal of Freedom

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