| Margaret Chase Smith  AKA Margaret Madeline Chase
Born: 14-Dec-1897
Birthplace: Skowhegan, ME
Died: 29-May-1995
Location of death: Skowhegan, ME
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated, Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, ME
Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator from Maine, 1949-73 Military service: US Air Force Reserve (1950-58, Lt. Col.) Republican, elected originally to fill her deceased husband's House seat.
Husband: Clyde Harold Smith (US Representative from Maine)
High School: (Skowhegan, ME, 1916)
University: Colby College
US Congressman, Maine 2nd, 3-Jun-1940 to 3-Jun-1949
US Senator, Maine 3-Jan-1949 to 3-Jan-1973
Presidential Medal of Freedom 6-Jul-1989
Hip Replacement Surgery right, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City (Jul-1970)
Is the subject of books:
No Place for a Woman: A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith, 2000, BY: Janann Sherman
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