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Hansen voted in 1967 to confirm the [[African-American]] [[liberal]] [[Thurgood Marshall]], the plaintiff's attorney in the 1954 ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' school desegregation case, to the [[United States Supreme Court]] and the next year voted for the open-housing Civil Rights Act of 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES|publisher=GovTrack.us|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>

Hansen voted in 1967 to confirm the [[African-American]] [[liberal]] [[Thurgood Marshall]], the plaintiff's attorney in the 1954 ''[[Brown v. Board of Education]]'' school desegregation case, to the [[United States Supreme Court]] and the next year voted for the open-housing Civil Rights Act of 1968.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/s176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=GovTrack.us}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1968/s346|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO PROHIBIT DISCRIMINATION IN SALE OR RENTAL OF HOUSING, AND TO PROHIBIT RACIALLY MOTIVATED INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON EXERCISING HIS CIVIL RIGHTS, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES|publisher=GovTrack.us|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>

In 1976, Hansen supported the renomination and reelection of President [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford Jr.]], who won Wyoming's three [[electoral votes]]. Hansen retired from the Senate in 1978, when he declined to run for a third term. He moved back to Jackson and served on the Senate Finance Committee under Democratic chairman [[Russell Long]], of [[Louisiana]], another of his senatorial friends who showed interest in the plight of western ranchers.

In 1976, Hansen supported the renomination and reelection of President [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], who won Wyoming's three [[electoral votes]]. Hansen retired from the Senate in 1978, when he declined to run for a third term. He moved back to Jackson and served on the Senate Finance Committee under Democratic chairman [[Russell Long]], of [[Louisiana]], another of his senatorial friends who showed interest in the plight of western ranchers.

When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, after losing the nomination battle in 1976 to Gerald Ford, he offered Hansen the position of [[Secretary of the Interior]], which another Wyoming politician, Stanley Hathaway had held for four months in the Ford administration. Hansen declined the offer because of conflict that might arise from his [[cattle]] operation in Jackson County.<ref name=cph/>

When Ronald Reagan became president in 1981, after losing the nomination battle in 1976 to Gerald Ford, he offered Hansen the position of [[Secretary of the Interior]], which another Wyoming politician, Stanley Hathaway had held for four months in the Ford administration. Hansen declined the offer because of conflict that might arise from his [[cattle]] operation in Jackson County.<ref name=cph/>