Margaret Chase Smith’s “Declaration of Conscience,” Narrated by Governor Janet Mills
June 1, 2026
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as posted by the channelMaine Governor Janet Mills is a former Attorney General, state legislator, and the first woman governor of Maine. Governor Mills recounts Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith’s stirring rejection of McCarthyism.
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