Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000. Correspondence Concerning Ships, 1937 - 1954. Employees of the Portsmouth Navy yard Present a Gift to Sponsor U.S. Representative Margaret Chase Smith, 3/2/1945.

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Records of Naval Districts and Shore Establishments, 1784 - 2000. Correspondence Concerning Ships, 1937 - 1954. Employees of the Portsmouth Navy yard Present a Gift to Sponsor U.S. Representative Margaret Chase Smith, 3/2/1945.

1945

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Original caption: Presentation of Navy Yard employees gift to the sponsor, the Honorable Margaret Chase Smith, by Mr. Harry M. Ellis, Shop 70, at launching of the USS Sea Leopard, at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. March 2, 1945.

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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 Smi...