Election of Margaret Chase Smith to the U.S. Senate
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What happened
Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate.
Why it matters
This election contributed to Smith becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress.
Context
Margaret Chase Smith served as a U.S. representative from 1940 to 1949 and as a U.S. senator from 1949 to 1973.
During her career, Smith was the first woman to be nominated for the U.S. presidency at a major party convention and famously criticized Joseph McCarthy's tactics in her 1950 "Declaration of Conscience" speech.
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- Daily Local Today in History: September 13, Margaret Chase Smith elected to US Senate
- Wikipedia Margaret Chase Smith Background reference · Wikipedia text used under CC BY-SA 4.0.