Maine Memory Network

Margaret Chase Smith campaign hat, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Media: Photographic print

Margaret Chase Smith Presidential Campaign Hat, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Location: Skowhegan Media: Silk, netting

Presidents and Campaigns

Several Mainers have run for president or vice president, a number of presidents, past presidents, and future presidents have had ties to the state or visited here, and, during campaign season, many presidential candidates and their family members have brought their campaigns to Maine.

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.

Mantor Library, University of Maine Farmington

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