Margaret Chase Smith of Maine becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate without completing another senator's term.

Margaret Chase Smith

American politician (1897–1995)

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress. A Republican, she…