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    "ocrText": "WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS - 1959\nNine women have served in the United States Senate. Of these,\nonly two, Mrs. Margaret Chase Smith (R, Me.) and Mrs. Hattie\nCaraway (D. Ark. ) were elected. Mrs. Caraway, after appoint-\nment to her late husband's unexpired term, won a special and two\ngeneral elections, serving from 1931 to 1944. The other seven\n(4 Republicans and 3 Democrats) were appointed and served short\nterms.\nFifty-sever women (24 Republicans and 33 Democrats) have been\nelected or appointed to the House of Representatives.\nTHE SENATE (86th Congress, 1st Session):\n1.\nMRS. MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Republican, Skowhegan, Maine\n2nd Term -\nAfter serving 8-1/2 years in the House of Representatives,\nMrs. Smith was elected to the Senate in 1948 and re-elected\nin 1954. She was first elected to the House in June, 1940, to\ncomplete the unexpired term of her late husband, Clyde H.\nSmith, Representative from Maine's 2nd District.\nWhile in the House she became the first woman on the Armed\nServices Committee, continuing her service in this area by\nher current membership on the Senate Armed Services\nCommittee. She has served as Chairman of Armed Services\nsubcommittees in both House and Senate.\nSenator Smith is also a member of the Appropriation Committee\nand the Space and Aeronautical Sciences Committee, another\noutstanding \"first\" for a woman. She served three terms on\nthe Senate Republican Policy Committee, first woman named\nto a Party policy committee in the Senate, and is a former\nmember of the Senate Republican Campaign Committee.\nSenator Smith began her career as a teacher. From 1930 to\n1936 she was on the Maine Republican State Committee and\nin 1944 was Chairman of the Party's State Convention. She\nis a past President of the Maine Federation of Business and\nProfessional Women's Clubs.\nShe is a Lieutenant Colonel in the U. S. Air Force Reserve\nand a strong proponent of reserve legislation.\n- 2 -"
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