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    Olympia Snowe

    American politician; U.S. Senator for Maine

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  1. Snowe married John R. McKernan, Jr., then Governor of Maine, in February 1989. Snowe and John McKernan served together in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 1986, McKernan representing the 1st District. While Snowe was First Lady of Maine from 1989 to 1995, she served as a member of Congress of the United States.

  2. On December 29, 1969, she married Republican state legislator Peter T. Snowe and became Olympia J. Snowe. Shortly after graduation, Snowe entered politics and began working with Congressman William Cohen on the Board of Voter Registration.

  3. Feb 25, 1989 · Gov. John R. McKernan Jr. and Maine’s only congresswoman, Olympia J. Snowe, exchanged marriage vows Friday in a private ceremony attended by about 100 friends and relatives.

  4. Sep 16, 2022 · Olympia Snowe is a former U.S. senator and politician from Maine. She married John McKernan, the 71st governor of Maine, in 1989, after losing her first husband in a car accident.

    • George John Bouchles
    • Georgia Bouchles
    • John R. McKernan. Jr. (1989)
    • of Maine
  5. Apr 19, 2021 · John R. McKernan Jr. (born John Rettie “Jock” McKernan Jr.) served as Governor of Maine and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. His wife is Olympia Snowe, who served in the U.S. Senate, and they live in Falmouth, Maine.

  6. Olympia Snowe (born 1947) overcame the early deaths of both of her parents and her first husband to build a strong political career grounded in fiscal conservatism and to forge a fulfilling personal life based on a strong second marriage and community involvement.

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  8. In addition to her Congressional duties, she also served for six years as Maine’s First Lady, following her marriage to then-Governor John McKernan in 1989.

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