"Maine Senator" Margaret Chase Smith Signed 3X5 Card JG Autographs COA

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"Maine Senator" Margaret Chase Smith Hand Signed 3X5 Card.
This item is certified authentic by
JG Autographs
and comes with their Letter of Authenticity.
ES-8023E
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.