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'''Clifford Peter Hansen''' (October 16, 1912 &ndash; October 20, 2009) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] from his native [[Wyoming]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he served from 1963 to 1967 as the 26th [[Governor]] of his state and a [[United States Senator]] for two terms from 1967 to 1978. He died four days after his 97th birthday and was at the time was the oldest living former U.S. Senator<ref name=cph/> as well as the third oldest former governor in the United States.

'''Clifford Peter Hansen''' (October 16, 1912 &ndash; October 20, 2009) was an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] from his native [[Wyoming]]. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], he served from 1963 to 1967 as the 26th [[Governor]] of his state and a [[United States Senator]] for two terms from 1967 to 1978. He died four days after his 97th birthday and was at the time was the oldest living former U.S. Senator<ref name=cph/> as well as the third oldest former governor in the United States.

                        Former Senate staffer Pete Williams recalled Hansen as

Former Senate staffer Pete Williams recalled Hansen as:

                        '''an honest man, of rock solid integrity, who loved his wife,

{{cquote|an honest man, of rock solid integrity, who loved his wife, his children, and his state. And when his service to his nation was over, he went back to Wyoming, where he died, not far from the log house where he was born.}}

                        '''his children, and his state. And when his service to his nation

 

                        '''was over, he went back to Wyoming, where he died, not far from

                        '''the log house where he was born.

==Background==

==Background==

Hansen was born in Zenith in Lincoln County (now Teton County), a settlement so small that it is no longer listed on Wyoming road maps. He was the son of Peter Christofferson Hansen (1867-1952) and the former Sylvia Irene Wood (1885-1976). The senior Hansens were ranchers; Peter, of Danish extraction, came from Soda Springs, [[Idaho]], and Sylvia, of English descent, was born in Blackfoot, Idaho. Peter Hansen, who had some college training, was a "practical" engineer in that he did surveying and ditch work on ranch lands. In the Menors Cabin, a small [[museum]] near the south entrance to [[Grand Teton National Park]] and adjacent to the Chapel of the Transfiguration, is a picture of young Cliff Hansen and his mother, which was taken in the early 1920s. The [[photograph]] is posted under the [[cattle]] exhibit and is meant to demonstrate the hardiness of early Wyoming pioneers.<ref>Menors Cabin exhibit, [[Grand Teton National Park]], Jackson, Wyoming.</ref>

Hansen was born in Zenith in Lincoln County (now Teton County), a settlement so small that it is no longer listed on Wyoming road maps. He was the son of Peter Christofferson Hansen (1867-1952) and the former Sylvia Irene Wood (1885-1976). The senior Hansens were ranchers; Peter, of Danish extraction, came from Soda Springs, [[Idaho]], and Sylvia, of English descent, was born in Blackfoot, Idaho. Peter Hansen, who had some college training, was a "practical" engineer in that he did surveying and ditch work on ranch lands. In the Menors Cabin, a small [[museum]] near the south entrance to [[Grand Teton National Park]] and adjacent to the Chapel of the Transfiguration, is a picture of young Cliff Hansen and his mother, which was taken in the early 1920s. The [[photograph]] is posted under the [[cattle]] exhibit and is meant to demonstrate the hardiness of early Wyoming pioneers.<ref>Menors Cabin exhibit, [[Grand Teton National Park]], Jackson, Wyoming.</ref>