Margaret Chase Smith (December 14, 1897–May 29, 1995) was a Republican Senator from Maine, and one of the most successful politicians in Maine history. She was the first woman to be elected to both the U.S. House and the Senate, and the first woman from Maine to serve in either. She was also the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for the U.S. Presidency at a major party's convention (1964 Republican Convention, won by Barry Goldwater). She was a moderate Republican, included with those called Rockefeller Republicans. When she left office, Smith had the record as the longest-serving female senator in United States history.

Margaret Chase was born in Skowhegan, Maine, on December 14, 1897, the daughter of Carrie Murray and George Emery Chase. As a young woman, she taught school at a one-room schoolhouse, worked as a telephone operator, managed circulation for the Skowhegan Independent Reporter, and served as an executive with a local textile mill. She became involved with local women's organizations and helped found the Skowhegan Business and Professional Women's Club. She attended Colby College in Waterville, Maine where she joined Sigma Kappa Sorority. In 1930, she married Clyde Smith, a respected political leader in central Maine. He was elected to the US House of Representatives.

What Wikipedia does not tell us ... is that aside from being not only a very distinguished citizen of the US, as well as one of the most successful female politicians, as well as having been born in the same state that the great-grandparents of Sandra immigrated to in 1905...as well as having been the stamp of choice for the wedding inviations, little did Sandra know that she kept her family right on the envelope!

Margaret Chase Smith is the 5th cousin, 4-times removed of Sandra Lachance Jozwiak, descended from the union of Pierre Morin dit Boucher and Francoise Gaisson who married at Beaubassin, Acadie, Canada on November 8th, 1682.