Author:Margaret Chase Smith
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| ←Author Index: Ch | Margaret Chase Smith (1897–1995) |
| A United States Senator from Maine, she was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, the longest serving female senator in United States history, until she was passed by Senator Barbara Mikulski, and the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention. |
