Talk:Margaret Chase Smith

1964 Republican Convention
While this article needs more information in every area, the most important in which it is lacking virtually any information is her involvement in the 1964 Republican Convention. Although it is mentioned at the beginning of the article, it isn't discussed, or even given a second mention, anywhere else. I would like to see a significant section on her involvement in the convention, particularly because that is the information for which I was looking. Kleio08 (talk) 13:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

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This rocks. Margaret is awsome and I loved her speech. Its so true! Every bit. I encourage you all to read it.

In his memoir My Life, Bill Clinton describes MCS as a pipe-smoking senator from Maine. I think he may be confusing her with Millicent Fenwick, senator from NJ. Does anyone know if MCS smoked a pipe?

pet cat
I went to high school in skowhegan, and on the day of her death we had a moment of silence. One kid in shop class bragged he killed her cat, is their any possibility of this claim being true? Neophytesoftware 21:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
 * That's a lovely way for him to earn a mention in Wikipedia. I don't know if it would be worse if he were fibbing or telling the truth. Cranston Lamont 17:19, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

--- The article states: "speech on the floor of the Senate, earning McCarthy's permanent ire ... Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCarthy." --First off, this is just not true. McCarthy enjoyed increasing support from the Republican Party for quite some time (after this). His biggest "victories" were still to come at this point, and Ms. Smith ended up casting votes on the senate floor on behalf of McCarthy-- well after her "Declaration of Conscience" speech. --Also: It was believed by many that her speech was "an act of personal revenge" against McCarthy... Apparantly, he "broke her heart..." During her 1st 2 years in the senate, they both served on the Executive Expenditures Committee together... From personal letters discovered in McCarthy's office-- with romantic references in them...  McCarthy always asked his assistant to write "bland, official replies." Smith was a lonely widow, and McCarthy had no intrest in her. --Regardless of the second point, Smith can hardly be credited for playing any major role in McCarthy's downfall... Regalseagull 20:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)regalseagull 11/05/2006 --- There is some redundancy with regard to her college education and mention of Sigma Kappa. I don't have time to fix it myself at the moment.Cdean 17:21, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

"Chase Smith" or simply "Smith"
Every reliable source I find refers to her as "Senator Smith" or "Smith." Her maiden name was Chase and she married Clyde Smith, but why does this article constantly refer to her as "Chase Smith" or "Senator Chase Smith" in lieu of her real married name? Is there an MOS I'm missing or what? I think the name she's known by should trump some need to have "birth name married name."--Tim Thomason 23:28, 12 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Good question. I'm a native Mainer and she was always referred to as Margaret Chase Smith in our history books in school. I also found a site that has some info about her, and on the front page of the site is her signature. Here is the link: http://www.mcslibrary.org/ –BMRR (talk) 03:02, 13 August 2010 (UTC)


 * There's also this and this. Both would appear to be reliable sources. –BMRR (talk) 03:05, 13 August 2010 (UTC)
 * I think you misunderstand, and I already changed the article from what it said before. Before it listed her in shorthand as "Chase Smith," like "Chase Smith did this and Chase Smith did that." There's no doubt that she used the name "Margaret Chase Smith" in lieu of "Margaret Smith" (which I have never heard), but her 'last name' was always Smith, and she was "Senator Smith" not "Senator Chase Smith" (some books have referred to her as such, but I can't find anything from her or the US Government). The sources you provide show that she was categorized as "Smith, Margaret Chase" with Chase being treated as a middle name (as was/is common for many married women), not a part of her surname. Thus, I think the shorthand for "Margaret Chase Smith" remain simply "Smith" (or "Senator Smith" or what-have-you), and "Chase Smith." Unless of course, I'm still missing something.--Tim Thomason 05:00, 16 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry; I thought you were saying that you couldn't find any reliable sources that referred to her as Margaret Chase Smith. My bad. –BMRR (talk) 18:15, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Personal life section
I have removed the "personal life" section from this article because it didn't contain any of the expected information in such a section. Instead, it discussed a "professional relationship" with an aide, which allegedly continued until his death in 1982. As Smith was not in office after 1973, there was no need for an aide, and the wording of the section left the impression that there was more there than what was explicitly claimed. The section was unreferenced, too. While there is no BLP issue (both individuals have been dead for more than a decade, and Smith never had any children), such claims should be excluded from a biographical article because of their scurrilous nature.  Horologium  (talk) 11:41, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
 * That's true. Thanks for removing it. --Jtalledo (talk) 12:05, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

IN her own right?
While she was elected to the House to replace her late husband, her election to the Senate years later was something else again. Wasn't she the first woman to be elected to the senate in her own right?72.226.125.231 (talk) 15:39, 29 July 2016 (UTC)

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