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Margaret Chase Smith for President

Margaret Chase Smith, John Reed, San Francisco, 1964

Margaret Chase Smith, John Reed, San Francisco, 1964

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Margaret Chase Smith Library

Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to have her name placed in nomination at a major party's political convention, got the votes of 27 delegates.

Unlike other candidates, she did not release her delegates to add their names to Goldwater's total. She, therefore, came in second in the balloting -- 883 for Goldwater, 26 for Smith.

Here, she poses with Maine Governor John Reed, Lieutenant Governor Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin and Governor Warren P. Knowles of Wisconsin at the convention.