[DOC] [TLE] Margaret Chase Smith - Wikipedia [PAR] Margaret Madeline Chase Smith (December 14, 1897  May 29, 1995) 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 ... After Clyde 
was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's... [DOC] [TLE] SMITH, Margaret Chase | US House of Representatives: History, Art ... [PAR] In 1930, she married Clyde Harold Smith, an accomplished local politician.3 ... 4 
His seat left vacant with his passing, Margaret Chase Smith declared her ... As a 
freshman in 1940, Representative Smith had hoped to carry on her husband's 
work on ... In 1947, when Maine's senior U.S. Senator, Republican Majority 
Leader... [DOC] [TLE] The Unfavored Daughter: When Margaret Chase Smith Ran in the ... [PAR] Feb 6, 2016 ... He ran successfully again for the Maine House (1919-1923) and ... Margaret, by 
necessity, took over more of her husband's duties. ... By the spring of 1940, he 
was dying. ... Clyde Smith's plea to his constituents drew upon a convention that 
... She won her Senate seat in a landslide in the general election. [DOC] [TLE] Margaret Chase Smith - - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Smith was married to Clyde Smith, House Representative of Maine, but assumed 
his position after unexpected death in 1940. ... She left her post to help her 
husband with his 1936 run for the U.S. ... The landmark election was the first to 
consist of two women competing against each other for a Senate seat. [DOC] [TLE] Widows of Bono, Capps Are on Well-Worn Path to Office - latimes [PAR] Jan 26, 1998 ... The day after Beverly Byron's congressman husband dropped dead at age 48 ... 
rate was 84% for wives who sought to succeed their late husbands in House. ... of 
Maryland sat in the widow's living room, urging her to take his seat. ... a single 
parent, unemployed and a candidate for Congress," she said. [DOC] [TLE] Congressional Record, Volume 141 Issue 91 (Tuesday, June 6, 1995) [PAR] Jun 6, 1995 ... She was the first woman to be elected to both the House of ... It was when her 
husband, Congressman Clyde Smith, died in 1940 that ... his death, she won a 
special election to fill the unexpired term of her late ... So she decided to run for 
that vacant seat. ... No one, that is, except Maine's own Senator Smith. [DOC] [TLE] Margaret Chase Smith: A Principled Voice - CQ Almanac Online ... [PAR] Clyde H. Smith, who served from 1937 until his death in 1940. She won election 
to fill his seat in 1940 and served in the House in the four succeeding 
Congresses. In 1948, Maine voters elected her to the Senate, a post that she 
retained until 1973. ... Following her career in Congress, Smith was a visiting 
professor for the... [DOC] [TLE] The First Female Presidential Candidate of a Major Political Party in ... [PAR] Jul 28, 2014 ... After she married Clyde Smith, a local politician, in 1930, Margaret ... but before 
he died, he encouraged Margaret to run for his seat in the next ... Representative 
Chase Smith was reelected to the House in 1942, ... Unlike her position in the 
House, which she first obtained, at least in part, from her husband's... [DOC] [TLE] Margaret Chase Smith - Education & Resources - National Women's ... [PAR] She moved to Washington and served as his aide, doing research on pending 
bills and ... When Clyde died in 1940, Margaret won the special election to 
succeed him, and three months later, Maine voters elected her to the first of four 
full House terms. ... and when Republicans later took control, they did not reward 
her. [DOC] [TLE] Maine Memory Network exhibit template - Presidents and Campaigns [PAR] Blaine served in

Question: When her husband Clyde died in 1940, she took over his seat as a House Representative from Maine
Answer: Margaret Chase Smith