With her election in 1994, Olympia J. Snowe became only the second woman senator in history to represent Maine, following the later Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, who served from 1949-1973. In Nov. 2006, she was re-elected to a third six-year term in the U.S. Senate with 74 percent of the vote. Maine voters first elected Susan M. Collins to represent them in the U.S. Senate in 1996. She was reelected in 2002 and 2008.
From the description of Letter regarding re-election of Olympia Snowe for another term in the Senate, 2011 Feb. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 751991095