May 31, 2026
Margaret Chase Smith was elected represent Maine as a Republican
in the House after her husband, who held that seat, died in 1940,
Smith served three terms in the House and then was elected to the
Senate in 1948, Anti-New Deal Republicans were insisting that the
US government was sliding toward communism, Senator from
Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy, claimed he had a list of communists
working for the State Department, McCarthy’s charges were
unproven, but fellow Republicans did not protest, except for
Senator Smith, On June 1, 1950, Smith made an eloquent speech in
the Senate that bluntly challenged McCarthy, and condemned the
leaders in her party who were supporting him and were making wild
accusations, She wanted to see President Harry Truman replaced in
the next election, but not with a Republican regime without
integrity, Her speech presented a Declaration of Conscience
to her party, She was largely ignored at the time, but four years
later the Senate condemned McCarthy, Smith would be remembered
for her courage, while McCarthy has gone down in history as a
disgrace to the Senate and to the country.
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