Back مارغريت سميث Arabic مارجريت سميث ARZ Marqaret Çeyz Smit AZ مارقارت چیس اسمیت AZB Margaret Chase Smith German Margaret Chase Smith Spanish مارگارت چیس اسمیت FA Margaret Chase Smith Finnish Margaret Chase Smith French מרגרט צ'ייס סמית HE
Margaret Chase Smith | |
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| Chair of the Senate Republican Conference | |
| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Leader | Everett Dirksen Hugh Scott |
| Preceded by | Leverett Saltonstall |
| Succeeded by | Norris Cotton |
| United States Senator from Maine | |
| In office January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1973 | |
| Preceded by | Wallace H. White Jr. |
| Succeeded by | William Hathaway |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district | |
| In office June 3, 1940 – January 3, 1949 | |
| Preceded by | Clyde H. Smith |
| Succeeded by | Charles P. Nelson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Margaret Madeline Chase December 14, 1897 Skowhegan, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | May 29, 1995 (aged 97) Skowhegan, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Signature |  |
Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995)[1] 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.[2] She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress.[3] A Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience".[4]
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.[2] 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.[5] Smith was ranked as the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate,[6] 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.[7][8]
- ^ "Margaret Chase Smith Library – Biography". Archived from the original on 2000-09-14. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ^ a b "Smith, Margaret Chase, (1897–1995)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Senator Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995)". University of Maine.
- ^ "June 1, 1950: A Declaration of Conscience". United States Senate.
- ^ "Margaret Chase Smith, Republican of Maine". Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. Archived from the original on 2014-03-09.
- ^ "Women in the Senate – Interactive Graph". The New York Times. March 21, 2013. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ Cochrane, Emily (November 27, 2020). "Empowered by an Odds-Defying Win, Susan Collins is Ready to Deal". The New York Times.
- ^ "Collins sworn in for historic fifth term in U.S. Senate". January 3, 2021.