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Margaret Chase Smith declines an invitation to an event honoring Vice President Nixon. The August 20, 1956, letter is addressed to the National Federation of Republican Women and explains she will be in Maine. It is signed with her abbreviated signature “Margaret Smith”. Excellent condition with a red date stamp in the blank margin. A copy of the invitation is included.
Smith (1896-1995) was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for president by a major political party. She was first elected to the U.S. to fill the seat of her late husband and served from 1940-1949 when she moved over to the Senate until 1973. Her election to the Senate made her the first woman to serve in both branches of Congress. She gained national stature by being one of the first Republicans to denounce Joseph McCarthy in her speech later known as a “Declaration of Conscience.” In 1964 her name was placed in nomination at the Republican National Convention, losing to Goldwater but, nonetheless, making history.
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Margaret Chase Smith declines an invitation to an event honoring Vice President Nixon. The August 20, 1956, letter is addressed to the National Federation of Republican Women and explains she will be in Maine. It is signed with her abbreviated signature “Margaret Smith”. Excellent condition with a red date stamp in the blank margin. A copy of the invitation is included.
Smith (1896-1995) was the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for president by a major political party. She was first elected to the U.S. to fill the seat of her late husband and served from 1940-1949 when she moved over to the Senate until 1973. Her election to the Senate made her the first woman to serve in both branches of Congress. She gained national stature by being one of the first Republicans to denounce Joseph McCarthy in her speech later known as a “Declaration of Conscience.” In 1964 her name was placed in nomination at the Republican National Convention, losing to Goldwater but, nonetheless, making history.
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