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Item 15761
Title: Election ballot, Burnham, 1900
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1900
Location: Burnham
Media: Ink on paper
Item 10283
Title: Senator Smith Votes
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library
Date: 1962-11-06
Location: Skowhegan
Media: black and white photograph
Item 1497
Title: Election record for Bethel, September 2, 1816
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1816-09-02
Location: Bethel
Media: Ink on paper
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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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William S. Cohen: In the Spotlight
Bangor native and lawyer William S. Cohen was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, only to find himself on the Judiciary Committee that was investigating President Richard Nixon and the Watergate burglary and cover-up.
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George F. Shepley: Lawyer, Soldier, Administrator
George F. Shepley of Portland had achieved renown as a lawyer and as U.S. Attorney for Maine when, at age 42 he formed the 12th Maine Infantry and went off to war. Shepley became military governor of Louisiana early in 1862 and remained in the military for the duration of the war.