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.

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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.

1946

This item consists of a letter regarding an inquiry about the disposal of the Embarkation Port building in Searsport, Maine, and government property in East Belfast, Maine.

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National Archives at Boston

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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...