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Recorded August 10, 2005. Olympia Jean Snowe ( née Bouchles; born February 21, 1947) is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party, became known for her ability to influence the outcome of close votes, including whether to end filibusters.
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. However, in 1973 Snowe’s husband was tragically killed in a car accident.
Snowe was born Olympia Jean Bouchles in 1947 in Augusta, Maine. Her father, George, emigrated to the United States from Mytilene, Greece, and her mother, Georgia Goranites Bouchles, was a second-generation Greek whose parents had come to America from Sparta. Snowe's parents died when she was young, and she was raised by her Aunt Mary and Uncle ...
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May 21, 2013 · Olympia J. Snowe @senatorsnowe. Olympia Jean Snowe is an American businesswoman and politician who was a United States Senator from Maine from 1995 to 2013. Snowe, a member of the Republican Party ...
Dec 11, 2012 · In the years since Snowe married McKernan, other political couples have risen in the public eye. Former senators Robert J. Dole (R-Kan.) and Elizabeth Dole (R-N.C.) ran separate presidential ...
Olympia J. Snowe. Former United States Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) served in the U.S. Senate from 1995-2013 and as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1979-1995. She is currently a member of the Board of Directors of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., serving on the Executive Compensation and Management Development Committee and as ...
May 15, 2013 · Jacquelyn Martin/AP. After Olympia Snowe ’s four decades in elected office, including 18 years in the U.S. Senate, it would be bad manners to call her politically naive. Yet the 66-year-old ...
