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Item 12112
Title: MCS campaigns for President in New Hampshire
Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library
Date: 1964-02-10
Location: Groveton; Skowhegan
Media: Black and white photograph
Item 13180
Title: Blaine & Logan campaign flag, Westbrook, 1884
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1884
Location: Westbrook
Media: Photograph
Item 77453
Title: James Blaine telegraph to G.F. Shepley, Augusta, 1868
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society
Date: 1868-08-04
Location: Portland; Rockland
Media: Ink on paper
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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.
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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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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.