| − | During his tenure in the state Senate, Smith vigorously opposed the Maine [[Ku Klux Klan]]<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (October 18, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/18/the-true-senate-female-firsts-hattie-caraway-margaret-chase-smith-and-maurine-neuberger/ The True Senate Female Firsts: Hattie Caraway, Margaret Chase Smith, and Maurine Neuberger]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref> as well as Gov. Ralph Owen Brewster, who had no record of public racist bigotry yet nonetheless refused to denounce the KKK.<ref>Burnham, Emily (July 6, 2020). [https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/06/arts-culture/this-maine-governor-never-publicly-embraced-the-klan-but-he-never-disavowed-its-support/ This Maine governor never publicly embraced the Klan, but he never disavowed its support]. ''Bangor Daily News''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref> | + | During his tenure in the State Senate, Smith vigorously opposed the Maine [[Ku Klux Klan]]<ref name=fascinatingpolitics>FascinatingPolitics (October 18, 2020). [https://fascinatingpolitics.com/2020/10/18/the-true-senate-female-firsts-hattie-caraway-margaret-chase-smith-and-maurine-neuberger/ The True Senate Female Firsts: Hattie Caraway, Margaret Chase Smith, and Maurine Neuberger]. ''Mad Politics: The Bizarre, Fascinating, and Unknown of American Political History''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref> as well as Gov. Ralph Owen Brewster, who had no record of public racist bigotry yet nonetheless refused to denounce the KKK.<ref>Burnham, Emily (July 6, 2020). [https://bangordailynews.com/2020/07/06/arts-culture/this-maine-governor-never-publicly-embraced-the-klan-but-he-never-disavowed-its-support/ This Maine governor never publicly embraced the Klan, but he never disavowed its support]. ''Bangor Daily News''. Retrieved August 20, 2021.</ref> |