Margaret Chase Smith

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

United States PoliticiansLived 1897 to 1995 · aged 97

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Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. S. S. senator (1949-1973) from Maine. S. Congress. A Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech "Declaration of Conscience".

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Smith in 1943

In 1956, Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt jointly appeared as the first-ever women panelists on Face the Nation. With them is the host, CBS News correspondent Stuart Novins.

Smith announcing her candidacy for the President of the United States

Senator Smith

Awards 9

2020Time 100

2007Distinguished Americans series

1991Elizabeth Blackwell Award

1990Maine Women's Hall of Fame

1989Presidential Medal of Freedom

1973National Women's Hall of Fame

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

honorary doctor of Brandeis University

honorary doctor of the Northwestern University

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SpouseClyde H. Smith

FatherGeorge Emery Chase

Connected to Margaret 6

Eunice Kennedy ShriverAlso won Elizabeth Blackwell Award

Joyce Carol OatesAlso won honorary doctor of the Northwestern University

Jessica MeirAlso won Maine Women's Hall of Fame

Helen FrankenthalerAlso won honorary doctor of Brandeis University

José FerrerAlso won Distinguished Americans series

Antonio Muñoz MolinaAlso won honorary doctor of Brandeis University

About this person

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith 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".

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