What is Olympia Snowe?
{{Infobox officeholder |birthname=Olympia Jean Bouchles |image=Olympia Snowe official photo 2010 edit.jpg |jr/sr=Senior Senator |state=[[Maine]] |party=[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |term_start=January 3, 1995 |term_end=January 3, 2013 |preceded=[[George J. Mitchell]] |succeeded=[[Angus King]] |order2=Chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship|Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship]] |term_start2=January 3, 2003 |term_end2=January 3, 2007 |preceded2=[[John Kerry]] |succeeded2=[[John Kerry]] |order3=[[Governor of Maine|First Lady of Maine]] |term_start3=February 24, 1989 |term_end3=January 8, 1995 |preceded3=Constance Brennan |succeeded3=Mary Herman |state4=[[Maine]] |district4=[[Maine's 2nd congressional district|2nd]] |term_start4=January 3, 1979 |term_end4=January 3, 1995 |preceded4=[[William Cohen]] |succeeded4=[[John Baldacci]] |order5=[[Maine Senate]] |term_start5=1977 |term_end5=1979 |order6=[[Maine House of Representatives]] |term_start6=1975 |term_end6=1977 |birth_date={{birth date and age|1947|2|21}} |birth_place=[[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]], [[Maine]] |residence=[[Falmouth, Maine]] |occupation=Senator |spouse=(1) Peter Snowe (deceased)<br />(2) [[John R. McKernan, Jr.]] |alma_mater=[[University of Maine]] <small>([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]])</small> |signature=Olympia Snowe Signature.svg |website={{URL|http://www.olympiaslist.org/}} }} '''Olympia Jean Snowe''' (née '''Bouchles'''; born February 21, 1947) is an [[Americans|American]] [[politician]] and former [[United States Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Maine]]. She is a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. She was the first [[woman]] to serve in both houses of a state legislature and in both houses of the [[United States Congress]]. She was the first woman to be elected Senator in the history of Maine. She is the first [[Greeks|Greek]] woman ever elected to the [[United States Congress]]. Senator Snowe is a member of the [[Republican Pa