Margaret Chase Smith

Margaret Madeline Chase Smith was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, she served as a U.S. representative (1940–1949) and a U.S. senator (1949–1973) from Maine. She was the first woman to serve in both houses of the United States Congress, and the first woman to represent Maine in either. A Republican, she was among the first to criticize the tactics of Joseph McCarthy in her 1950 speech, "Declaration of Conscience".

14 December 1897

Born on the same birth date (14 December 1897): Kurt Schuschnigg

Born on the same birth day (14 December): Anthony Way • Capel Bond • Charlie Rich • Dan Dailey • Ewa Białołęcka • Greg Abbott (footballer) • Jaun Elia • Jean-Alain Boumsong • Justus Möser • Kelley Armstrong • Kyle Shanahan • Leanne Mitchell • Liam Lawrence • Santiago Ezquerro • Shaun Marcum • Shirley Jackson • Tycho Brahe

Born in the same month (December 1897): Albert Aalbers • Alfredo Bracchi • Drew Pearson (journalist) • Fletcher Henderson • Gershom Scholem • Hermione Gingold • Ivan Bagramyan • Kurt Schuschnigg • Nunnally Johnson • Rewi Alley • Robert Redfield • Ronald Skirth • Ville Pörhölä • Väinö Sipilä • William Gropper