Margaret Chase Smith

Senate Votes 67-22 to Censure Joseph McCarthy Ending Four Years of Terror

1954-12-02 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On December 2, 1954, the Senate voted 67-22 to censure Senator Joseph McCarthy, who had led the fight in Congress to root out suspected Communists from the Federal Government. The Democrats voted solidly for McCarthy’s rebuke, but Republicans split straight down the middle with 22 voting for …

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Margaret Chase Smith Delivers Declaration of Conscience Against McCarthy Witch Hunt

1950-06-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On June 1, 1950, less than four months after McCarthy’s Wheeling speech, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith delivered a fifteen-minute speech on the Senate floor known as the “Declaration of Conscience.” As a freshman senator, a fellow Republican who considered herself a friend of …

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