Margaret Chase Smith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Margaret Chase Smith

Member of the United States Senate from Maine

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1897

Place of Birth: Skowhegan, Maine, United States

Date of Death: 29-May-1995

Profession: teacher, politician, business executive

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (December 14, 1897 – May 29, 1995) was a United States politician.
A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S Representative (1940–49) and a U.S.
Senator (1949–73) from Maine.
She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either.
A moderate Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of McCarthyism in her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience".Smith was a candidate for the Republican nomination in the 1964 presidential election; she was the first woman to be placed in nomination for the 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 5, 2011, when Senator Barbara Mikulski was sworn in for a fifth term.
To date, Smith is ranked as the longest-serving Republican woman in the Senate.