| U.S.
Congress |
| |
Susan
Collins (R)
Olympia J. Snowe (R)
Margaret Chase Smith (R)
|
U.S.
Senator
U.S. Senator
U.S. Senator |
1997-present
1995-present
1949-1973 |
| |
Smith
was the first woman to serve in both the House and the Senate. |
| |
Olympia J. Snowe (R)
Margaret Chase Smith (R) |
U.S. Rep.
U.S. Rep. |
1979-1995
1940-1949 |
| |
Smith initially won a special election to fill a vacancy caused
by the death of her husband;
she was subsequently re-elected. |
Statewide Elective Executives |
| |
Maine
is the only state that has never elected a woman to a
statewide office. The governor is the only statewide elected
executive in Maine. |
