Keywords: Senate race
Item 70819
Letter urging Shepley run for Congress, Portland, 1862
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1862-05-15 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper
Item 76152
Senator Muskie at the Sugarloaf World Cup, 1971
Contributed by: Sugarloaf Mountain Ski Club through Ski Museum of Maine Date: 1971 Location: Carrabassett Valley Media: Photographic print
Exhibit
Clean Water: Muskie and the Environment
Maine Senator Edmund S. Muskie earned the nickname "Mr. Clean" for his environment efforts during his tenure in Congress from 1959 to 1980. He helped created a political coalition that passed important clean air and clean water legislation, drawing on his roots in Maine.
Exhibit
Margaret Chase Smith: A Historic Candidacy
When she announced her candidacy for President in January 1964, three-term Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith became the first woman to seek the nomination of one of the two major political parties.
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Early Maine Photography - Famous People - Page 1 of 3
"… new Republican Party in 1860, he won a four way race and immediately faced the dissolution of the union over the question of slavery."
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Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington
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