Snowe was elected the US House of Representatives in , becoming the youngest Republican woman, and first Greek-American woman, ever elected to Congress. In , Snowe was elected to the US Senate, becoming the first woman in American history to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.
She was appointed to the position of Counsel to the Assistant Majority Leader in , and in , became the first Republican woman ever to secure a full-term seat on the Senate Finance Committee. On December 29, , she married Republican state legislator Peter T. Snowe and became Olympia J. At age 26, Snowe ran for his seat in the Maine House of Representatives and won.
She was re-elected in , before being elected to the Maine Senate in While working in the Senate, Snowe was also selected as a delegate to both the State and National Republican Conventions. Before her election to the U. House of Representatives for sixteen years. She was the first woman in American history to serve in both houses of a state legislature and both houses of Congress.
When first elected in at the age of 31, Snowe was the youngest Republican woman, and the first Greek-American woman ever elected to Congress. She has won more federal elections in Maine than any other person since World War II, and is the third longest serving woman in the history of the Congress. In , Snowe was elected to the U. The district—one of two in Maine—covered the rural northern two-thirds of the state. Snowe won her next five elections to the House by at least two-thirds of the vote.
Her elections in and , however, proved difficult. A nationwide recession threatened the many industrial jobs in the district and created backlash against the Republican incumbent.
Facing Maine state representative Patrick McGowan in , she won with 51 percent of the vote. In she beat McGowan with a 49 percent plurality—her victory aided by a late entry from Green Party candidate Jonathan K. When Snowe took her seat in the 96th Congress — , she received seats on three committees: Government Operations; Small Business; and the Select Committee on Aging.
Two years later she took a seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee—where she remained for the balance of her House career.
In the 98th Congress — , after leaving Small Business, Snowe was assigned to the Joint Economic Committee, where she remained until her final House term, when she won a seat on the Budget Committee. Recognized as a loyal Republican she was named a GOP deputy Whip in , Snowe also often spilt from her party on economic issues and reproductive rights. Bush administrations, voting with their positions only 48 percent of the time.
From her position on the Small Business Committee, Snowe favored trade protection in order to shield textile, shoe, and timber exporters in her district. House Member. Mitchell of Maine, announced his retirement, Snowe declared her candidacy for the vacant seat. In she won re-election with 69 percent and in , she prevailed with 74 percent. Snowe maintained her political independence in the Senate and she became a key go-between for Senate Democrats and Republicans.
In , Snowe's husband was killed in a car crash and she was elected to fill his legislative seat. She was reelected in and went on to serve one term in the state senate, and two years later she ran successfully for Congress. In her campaign she opposed construction of a large dam in the district and supported national health insurance. Snowe served in the House until , compiling a maverick voting record, often joining a group of northern, liberal Republicans called? Gypsy Moths.?
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