Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-1995

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Margaret Chase Smith was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897. Her entry into politics came through the career of Clyde Smith, the man she married in 1930. Clyde was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1936. Margaret served as his secretary. When Clyde died in 1940, she succeeded her husband. After four terms in the House, she won election to the United States Senate in 1948. In so doing, she became the first woman elected to both houses of Congress.

Senator Smith came to national attention on June 1, 1950, when she became the first member of the Senate to denounce the tactics used by colleague Joseph McCarthy in his anti-communist crusade. Following her "Declaration of Conscience" speech, some pundits speculated that she might be the vice-presidential candidate on the 1952 Republican ticket. The opportunity, however, never materialized. In 1964, Senator Smith pursued her own political ambitions, running in several Republican presidential primaries. She took her candidacy all the way to the Republican National Convention in San Francisco, where she became the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the presidency by either of the two major parties. In the final balloting, Smith refused to withdraw and so came in second to the Republican nominee, Senator Barry Goldwater.

After four terms in both the House and Senate, and over thirty-two years in Congress all together, Senator Smith lost re-election in 1972. She retired to her home in Skowhegan and began planning for the establishment of a library. The Margaret Chase Smith Library opened in 1982 and for the next dozen years, she presided over the facility, meeting with admirers, former constituents, politicians, policymakers, researchers, and school children. Margaret Chase Smith died at her home on Memorial Day, May 29, 1995.

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creatorOf Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967. Letters of tribute to Carl Sandburg [manuscript], 1951-1952. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn Academy of Political Science letters, 1923-1970. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000. Correspondence Concerning Ships, 1937 - 1954. U.S. Representative Margaret Chase Smith, Rear Admiral Thomas Withers, and Mrs. J.R. Bertrand at the Launch of the USS Sea Leopard, 3/2/1945. National Archives at Boston
referencedIn Papers of Martha May Eliot, 1898-1975 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Harold Phelps Stokes papers, 1908-1969 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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referencedIn Papers, 1922-1963 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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referencedIn Ayers, Ross. Papers, 1968-1973. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn Records of the U.S. Senate. 1789 - 2015. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Associates Newspaper Clippings, 1936 - 1954 Dwight D. Eisenhower Library
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referencedIn G. E. Mueller Papers, 1876-1997, (bulk 1935-1995) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Papers, ca. 1967 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Cumming, Adelaide Fish Hawley, 1905-. Papers, 1922-1967 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Papers, 1935-1993 (inclusive), 1940-1968 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982. Thruston B. Morton papers, 1933-1969, 1957-1961 (bulk dates). University of Kentucky Libraries
referencedIn Bingham, Millicent Todd, 1880-1968. Papers, 1865-1968 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Papers, 1922-1967 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Records of the War Assets Administration, 1939 - 1958. Real Property Disposal Case Files, 1946 - 1949. Letter from U.S. Representative Margaret Chase Smith to Brigadier General John J. O'Brien, 6/28/1946. National Archives at Boston
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referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [MAR. 1] National Archives at College Park
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referencedIn Candidates for public office campaign materials, 1966-1976 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Byrd, Harry Flood, 1887-1966. Papers of Harry Flood Byrd [manuscript] 1911-65. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Stellanova Osborn papers, 1907-1988 Bentley Historical Library
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referencedIn Charl Ormond Williams Papers, 1924-1959, (bulk 1935-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Linnell, Hazel E., 1905-2005. Hazel E. Linnell correspondence with Margaret Chase Smith, 1966-1969 (bulk, 1968). Maine Historical Society Library
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referencedIn Newman, Pauline. Papers, 1903-1982 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
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creatorOf Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994. Papers of Hugh Scott [manuscript], 1925-1979. University of Virginia. Library
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referencedIn William Rea Furlong Papers, 1892-1985, (bulk 1930-1945) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Stellanova Osborn papers, 1907-1988 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Curtis Putnam Nettels papers, 1917-1981. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
creatorOf Anne Henrietta Martin papers, 1892-1951. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Blair Moody Papers, 1928-1954, 1934-1952 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn John E. Fogarty papers, Fogarty, (John E, ) papers, 1941-1967 Phillips Memorial Library
creatorOf Smith, Margaret Chase, 1897-. Miscellaneous papers. Jacksonville University, Carl S. Swisher Library
referencedIn Nettels, Curtis Putnam, 1898-1981. Curtis Putnam Nettels papers, 1917-1981. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Brewster, Daniel B. (Daniel Baugh), 1923-2007. Daniel B. Brewster Papers, 1950-2007 (bulk 1962-1968). University of Maryland (College Park, Md.). Libraries

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