Mark O. Hatfield
| Mark Odom Hatfield | |
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| In office January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Maurine Neuberger |
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| Succeeded by | Gordon Smith |
Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee
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| In office January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Byrd |
| Succeeded by | Ted Stevens |
| In office January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1987 | |
| Preceded by | [Warren Magnuson]] |
| Succeeded by | John C. Stennis |
29th Governor of Oregon
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| In office January 12, 1959 – January 9, 1967 | |
| Preceded by | Robert D. Holmes |
| Succeeded by | Tom McCall |
16th Secretary of State of Oregon
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| In office January 7, 1957 – January 12, 1959 | |
| Governor | Elmo Smith Robert D. Holmes |
| Preceded by | Earl T. Newbry |
| Succeeded by | Howell Appling, Jr. |
Oregon State Representative
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| In office January 1951 – January 1955 | |
| Born | July 12, 1922 Dallas, Oregon |
| Died | August 7, 2011 (aged 89) Portland, Oregon, U.S. |
| Resting place | Willamette National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Antoinette Kuzmanich Hatfield |
| Children | Four children |
| Alma mater | Salem (Oregon) High School Willamette University]] (BA) |
| Occupation | =Educator; Professor |
Military Service
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| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1943-1947 |
| Battles/wars | Pacific Theater of Operation in World War II, including occupation of Hiroshima after the atomic bomb was dropped |
Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011), a Moderate Republican, served as the United States Senator for Oregon for five terms from January 1967 through January 1997. He served in the United States Navy during World War II.
Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate in 1966, when he defeated the Democrat Robert Duncan, he served he was in the Oregon legislature, was elected as Oregon Secretary of State (1957-1959), and served as governor of Oregon (1959-1967). Hatfield fought in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, and was part of the occupying force at Hiroshima after the atom bomb was dropped there. These events, and Hatfield's participation, are described in some detail in Tom Brokaw's 1998 book The Greatest Generation.
Hatfield broke the previous record for longevity for a senator from Oregon amassed previously from 1917 to 1944 by another Moderate Republican, Charles McNary, the 1940 Republican vice-presidential nominee.