Maine Memory Network

McGovern-Eagleton presidential campaign button, 1972

Contributed by: Abel J. Morneault Memorial Library Date: 1972 Media: Metal, campaign button

Margaret Chase Smith for President Campaign Button, 1964

Contributed by: Margaret Chase Smith Library Date: 1964 Location: Skowhegan Media: Metal backed pin with plastic coated photograph

Presidents and Campaigns

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.

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.

Life on a Tidal River - Three Civil War Letters - Page 2 of 4

"We button the edges of 2 togather and throw them over A pole supported by 2 cruches and then pin another piece up to the end and A tent is made for 3…"

Eastern Maine Medical Center

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