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Telephone and Telegraph Politicians in Maine


  Carl Elias Milliken (1877-1961) — also known as Carl E. Milliken — of Island Falls, Aroostook County, Maine. Born in Pittsfield, Somerset County, Maine, July 13, 1877. Son of Charles A. Milliken and Ellen (Knowlton) Milliken. Republican. Lumber manufacturer; president, Katahdin Farmers Telephone Company; member of Maine state house of representatives, 1905-08; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Maine, 1908; member of Maine state senate, 1909-14; Governor of Maine, 1917-21. Baptist. Died May 1, 1961 (age 83 years, 292 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married, July 31, 1901, to Emma V. Chase.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) — also known as Margaret Chase — of Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine. Born in Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, December 14, 1897. Daughter of George Emery Chase and Carrie (Murray) Chase. Republican. School teacher; business executive for Maine Telephone & Telegraph Co., for a country newspaper, and for the Cummings Woolen Co.; member of Maine Republican State Committee, 1930-36; U.S. Representative from Maine 2nd District, 1940-49; U.S. Senator from Maine, 1949-73; defeated, 1972; candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1964. Female. Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1989. Died May 29, 1995 (age 97 years, 166 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Margaret Chase Smith Library, Skowhegan, Maine.
  Relatives: Married, May 14, 1930, to Clyde Harold Smith.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Books about Margaret Chase Smith: Janann Sherman, No Place for a Woman : A Life of Senator Margaret Chase Smith

 

 


 
   
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