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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:Politician
gptkb:U._S._Senator
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gptkbp:advocated_for
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Civil rights
Women's rights
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gptkbp:affiliation
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gptkb:National_Women's_Hall_of_Fame
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gptkbp:alma_mater
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gptkb:University_of_Maine
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:National_Women's_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:New_Hampshire_Women's_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
Honorary Doctorate from University of New Hampshire
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gptkbp:birth_date
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1897-12-14
December 14, 1897
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gptkbp:birth_place
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gptkb:Skowhegan,_Maine,_USA
gptkb:Skowhegan,_Maine
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:none
2
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gptkbp:death_date
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1995-05-29
May 28, 1995
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gptkbp:death_place
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gptkb:Eliot,_Maine
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:University_of_Maine
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gptkbp:full_name
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gptkb:Margaret_Madeline_Chase_Smith
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gptkbp:governor
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gptkb:Governor
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Margaret Chase Smith
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gptkbp:image
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Margaret Chase Smith.jpg
Margaret_ Chase_ Smith.jpg
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gptkbp:influenced_by
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gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkb:Theodore_Roosevelt
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gptkbp:is_served_by
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1949-01-03
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gptkbp:known_for
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gptkb:political_leaders
gptkb:healthcare_reform
gptkb:Declaration_of_Conscience
Education reform
Environmental issues
Advocating for women's rights
Support for civil rights
Military and veterans' issues
Women's military service
Opposition to Mc Carthyism
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Maggie
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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First woman to serve in both houses of Congress
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gptkbp:notable_for
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first woman elected to the U. S. Senate without having previously been a spouse of a senator
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gptkbp:notable_work
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gptkb:Declaration_of_Conscience
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gptkbp:occupation
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gptkb:Politician
gptkb:U._S._Senator
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gptkbp:party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:political_career
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gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Governor
Member of the Maine Senate
Member of the Maine House of Representatives
Chair of the Senate Committee on Government Operations
Delegate to the Republican National Convention
Chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S. Senator from Maine
Chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Chair of the Maine Republican Party
Chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee
Chair of the Senate Committee on Aging
Republican National Committee member
U. S. Representative from Maine
Chair of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
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gptkbp:political_party
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gptkb:Republican_Party
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gptkbp:political_position
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gptkb:U._S._Representative
Senator from Maine
U. S. Senator from Maine
Representative from Maine's 2nd congressional district
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:John_W._King
gptkb:Wallace_H._White_Jr.
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gptkbp:served_in
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gptkb:House_of_Representatives
gptkb:Senate
1973-01-03
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gptkbp:service
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First woman elected to the U. S. Senate from Maine
First female governor in New Hampshire
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gptkbp:spouse
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Clyde Smith
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Hugh_Gallen
gptkb:William_Sebastian_Cohen
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gptkbp:term_end
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January 3, 1969
1973-01-03
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gptkbp:term_start
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1949-01-03
January 6, 1963
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gptkbp:website
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gptkb:Margaret_Chase_Smith_Library
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:80th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:73rd_United_States_Congress
gptkb:74th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:77th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:79th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:84th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:Maine
gptkb:76th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:68th_United_States_Congress
gptkb:1968_Republican_National_Convention
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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