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Senate Years of Service: 1967-1997 Party: Republican
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HATFIELD, Mark Odom, a Senator from Oregon; born in Dallas, Polk County, Oreg., July 12,
1922; graduated, Willamette University 1943; completed graduate degree at
Stanford University 1948; served in the United States Navy in the Second World
War; associate professor of political science 1949-1956 and dean of students
1950-1956, Willamette University; member, State house of representatives
1951-1955; member, State senate 1955-1957; Oregon secretary of state 1957-1959;
Governor 1959-1967; author; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate
in 1966 for term beginning January 3, 1967; delayed taking oath of office until
January 10, 1967, to finish term as governor; reelected in 1972, 1978, 1984,
and 1990, and served from January 10, 1967, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate
for reelection in 1996; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-seventh
through Ninety-ninth Congress, One Hundred Fourth Congress); resumed teaching
of political science and history at Portland State University, George Fox
University and Willamette University, 1997-.
BibliographyHatfield, Mark, and Diane N. Solomon.
Against the Grain: Reflections of a Rebel Republican. Ashland,
OR: White Cloud Press, 2001; Eels, Robert, and Bartell Nyberg. Lonely
Walk: The Life of Senator Mark Hatfield. Chappaqua, NY: Christian
Herald Books, 1979.
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