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Also known as Margaret Madeline Chase Smith, Margaret Smith

member of the United States Senate from Maine (1897-1995)

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Born
1897
Works
4

Top works

  • Amending the Naval reserve act of 1938, as amended ...
  • Reorganizing plan no. 2 of 1953
  • Interview with Margaret Chase Smith, U.S. Senator
  • Gallant women
  • A declaration of conscience

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18
Total plays
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Quotes

  • My creed is that public service must be more than doing a job efficiently and honestly. It must be a complete dedication to the people and to the nation with full recognition that every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration, that constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought, that smears are not only to be expected but fought, that honor is to be earned but not bought.
  • I am running against no one. I'd like to be President. I think my experience and my record are greater than any other candidate or any other of the unannounced candidates. It's a real challenge, and that's one of the paramount things. When people keep telling you that you can't do a thing, you kind of like to try it.
  • We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.
  • Strength, the American way, is not manifested by threats of criminal prosecution or police state methods. Leadership is not manifested by coercion, even against the resented. Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods.
  • My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.
  • I speak as briefly as possible because too much harm has already been done with irresponsible words of bitterness and selfish political opportunism. I speak as simply as possible because the issue is too great to be obscured by eloquence. I speak simply and briefly in the hope that my words will be taken to heart. I speak as a Republican. I speak as a woman. I speak as a United States Senator. I speak as an American.

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Key facts

Leader
Everett Dirksen , Hugh Scott
Preceded by
Leverett Saltonstall
Succeeded by
Norris Cotton
Born
Margaret Madeline Chase , ( 1897-12-14 ) December 14, 1897, Skowhegan, Maine , U.S.
Died
May 29, 1995 (1995-05-29) (aged 97), Skowhegan, Maine, U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Clyde H. Smith ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1930 ; died 1940 ) ​

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Margaret
Family name
Chase
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Skowhegan
Place of death
Skowhegan
Languages spoken
English language
Field of work
mass media
Military rank
lieutenant colonel
Image
Margaret Chase Smith.jpg
Work location
Washington, D.C.
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cause of death
lung cancer
Commons category
Margaret Chase Smith
manner of death
natural causes
date of birth
1897-12-14
date of death
1995-05-29
name in native language
Margaret Chase Smith
writing language
English language
birth name
Margaret Madeline Chase
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Encyclopedic overview

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (née Chase; December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the U.S. Congress. A Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech "Declaration of Conscience".

Smith was a candidate in the 1964 Republican Party presidential primaries; she was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the U.S. presidency at a major party's convention. Upon leaving office, she was the longest-serving female senator in history, a distinction that was not surpassed until January 4, 2011, when Senator Barbara Mikulski from Maryland exceeded her record. Smith was ranked as the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate, a distinction that was not surpassed until January 3, 2021, when Susan Collins, who holds the same Senate seat she previously held, was sworn in for a fifth term.

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