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'''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]].  

'''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 [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Robert Duncan, he had already served in the Oregon legislature (1951-1955), Oregon Secretary of State (1957-1959), and as [[governor]] of Oregon (1959-1967). At the time, he was called the "[[Nelson Rockefeller]] of the West Coast" because of his Moderate Republicanism. He was the keynote speaker at the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]], which nominated Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] of Arizona]] in the unsuccessful campaign against President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].

In 1966, he defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Robert Blackford Duncan (1920-2011), who died four months prior to Hatfield's passing. Prior to entering the Senate, Hatfield had already served in the Oregon legislature (1951-1955), as Oregon Secretary of State (1957-1959), and as [[governor]] (1959-1967). At the time, he was called the "[[Nelson Rockefeller]] of the West Coast" because of his Moderate Republicanism. He was the keynote speaker at the 1964 [[Republican National Convention]], which nominated his later colleague, Senator [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]], in the unsuccessful campaign against President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]. Goldwater had wrestled the Republican nomination from Governors Rockefeller of [[New York]] and [[William Scranton]] of [[Pennsylvania]].

Hatfield fought in the battles of [[Iwo Jima]] and [[Okinawa]], and was in 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 fought in the battles of [[Iwo Jima]] and [[Okinawa]], and was in the occupying force at [[Hiroshima]] after the atomic 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.

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.

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