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A Short Biography of Margaret Smith

Author Name:

Margaret Smith

Born As:

Margaret Chase

Other Names:

Margaret Chase Smith

Born:

14 Dec 1897

Died:

29 May 1995




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Republican Politician                          
                          
Mother  Carrie Murray
Father George Emery Chase                          
First woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either.

First woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention - 1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater.