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'''Susan Margaret Collins''' (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior]] [[United States senator]] from [[Maine]], a seat she has held since 1997. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she is Maine's [[Maine's congressional delegations|longest-serving member of Congress]] and the longest-serving Republican woman to serve in the chamber. Since 2025, Collins has served as chair of the [[Senate Appropriations Committee]]. '''Susan Margaret Collins''' (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior]] [[United States senator]] from [[Maine]], since 1997. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she is Maine's [[Maine's congressional delegations|longest-serving member of Congress]] and the longest-serving Republican woman to serve in the chamber. Since 2025, Collins has served as chair of the [[Senate Appropriations Committee]].
Born in [[Caribou, Maine]], Collins is a graduate of [[St. Lawrence University]] in [[Canton, New York]]. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator [[William Cohen]] in 1975, she became staff director of the [[United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management|Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee]] of the [[Committee on Governmental Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about/history|title=History – Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|website=hsgac.senate.gov|access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> in 1981. [[Governor of Maine|Governor]] [[John R. McKernan Jr.]] then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President [[George H. W. Bush]] appointed her director of the [[Small Business Administration]]'s regional office in [[Boston]]. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts|treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts]] in 1993.<ref name="US HR History">{{cite web | title=COLLINS, Susan Margaret | website=US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives | url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COLLINS,-Susan-Margaret-(C001035)/ | access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the [[1994 Maine gubernatorial election|1994 general election]]. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at [[Husson University]] in [[Bangor, Maine]]. Born in [[Caribou, Maine]], Collins is a graduate of [[St. Lawrence University]] in [[Canton, New York]]. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator [[William Cohen]] in 1975, she became staff director of the [[United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management|Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee]] of the [[Committee on Governmental Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about/history|title=History – Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|website=hsgac.senate.gov|access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> in 1981. [[Governor of Maine|Governor]] [[John R. McKernan Jr.]] then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President [[George H. W. Bush]] appointed her director of the [[Small Business Administration]]'s regional office in [[Boston]]. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts|treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts]] in 1993.<ref name="US HR History">{{cite web | title=COLLINS, Susan Margaret | website=US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives | url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COLLINS,-Susan-Margaret-(C001035)/ | access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the [[1994 Maine gubernatorial election|1994 general election]]. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at [[Husson University]] in [[Bangor, Maine]].
'''Susan Margaret Collins''' (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior]] [[United States senator]] from [[Maine]], a seat she has held since 1997. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she is Maine's [[Maine's congressional delegations|longest-serving member of Congress]] and the longest-serving Republican woman to serve in the chamber. Since 2025, Collins has served as chair of the [[Senate Appropriations Committee]]. '''Susan Margaret Collins''' (born December 7, 1952) is an American politician serving as the [[Seniority in the United States Senate|senior]] [[United States senator]] from [[Maine]], since 1997. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], she is Maine's [[Maine's congressional delegations|longest-serving member of Congress]] and the longest-serving Republican woman to serve in the chamber. Since 2025, Collins has served as chair of the [[Senate Appropriations Committee]].
Born in [[Caribou, Maine]], Collins is a graduate of [[St. Lawrence University]] in [[Canton, New York]]. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator [[William Cohen]] in 1975, she became staff director of the [[United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management|Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee]] of the [[Committee on Governmental Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about/history|title=History – Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|website=hsgac.senate.gov|access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> in 1981. [[Governor of Maine|Governor]] [[John R. McKernan Jr.]] then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President [[George H. W. Bush]] appointed her director of the [[Small Business Administration]]'s regional office in [[Boston]]. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts|treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts]] in 1993.<ref name="US HR History">{{cite web | title=COLLINS, Susan Margaret | website=US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives | url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COLLINS,-Susan-Margaret-(C001035)/ | access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the [[1994 Maine gubernatorial election|1994 general election]]. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at [[Husson University]] in [[Bangor, Maine]]. Born in [[Caribou, Maine]], Collins is a graduate of [[St. Lawrence University]] in [[Canton, New York]]. Beginning her career as a staff assistant for Senator [[William Cohen]] in 1975, she became staff director of the [[United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management|Oversight of Government Management Subcommittee]] of the [[Committee on Governmental Affairs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/about/history|title=History – Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee|website=hsgac.senate.gov|access-date=October 13, 2017}}</ref> in 1981. [[Governor of Maine|Governor]] [[John R. McKernan Jr.]] then appointed her commissioner of the Maine Department of Professional and Financial Regulation in 1987. In 1992 President [[George H. W. Bush]] appointed her director of the [[Small Business Administration]]'s regional office in [[Boston]]. Collins became a deputy state treasurer in the office of the [[Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts|treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts]] in 1993.<ref name="US HR History">{{cite web | title=COLLINS, Susan Margaret | website=US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives | url=https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/C/COLLINS,-Susan-Margaret-(C001035)/ | access-date=February 11, 2020}}</ref> After moving back to Maine in 1994, she became the Republican nominee for governor of Maine in the [[1994 Maine gubernatorial election|1994 general election]]. She was the first female major-party nominee for the post, finishing third in a four-way race with 23% of the vote. After her bid, she became the founding director of the Center for Family Business at [[Husson University]] in [[Bangor, Maine]].