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{{Officeholder
|name=Margaret Chase Smith
|image=
|party=[[Republican]]
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{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Maine
|district=2nd
|terms=June 3, 1940 – January 3, 1949
|preceded=Clyde H. Smith
|former=y
|succeeded=Charles P. Nelson
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[[File:Smith-mc.jpg|thumb|260px]]
[[File:Smith-mc.jpg|thumb|260px]]
'''Margaret Madeline Chase Smith''' (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) of Skowhegan, Maine, was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress. She replaced her late husband [[Clyde Smith]] in the House of Representatives 1940–49, and was elected to the Senate in 1948, serving 1949–73.
'''Margaret Madeline Chase Smith''' (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) of Skowhegan, Maine, was the first woman elected to both houses of Congress. She replaced her late husband [[Clyde Smith]] in the House of Representatives 1940–49, and was elected to the Senate in 1948, serving 1949–73.
Smith was a longtime supporter of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] and the leading advocate for women's presence in the military. In her 1948 campaign, she released a statement that said she was "a champion for the women" but "no feminist" because "a woman's viewpoint should be...free of any emphasis on feminine interest."
Smith was a longtime supporter of the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] and the leading advocate for women's presence in the military. In her 1948 campaign, she released a statement that said she was "a champion for the women" but "no feminist" because "a woman's viewpoint should be...free of any emphasis on feminine interest."
She was a nominal candidate for president in 1964. She did respectably well, considering her lack of organization, time, and money. As a speaker she was pleasant and smiling; reasoned in her answers and without invective, she campaigned on the issues.
She was a nominal candidate for president in 1964. She did respectably well, considering her lack of organization, time, and money. As a speaker she was pleasant and smiling; reasoned in her answers and without invective, she campaigned on the issues.
==McCarthy==
==McCarthy==