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After a single term as governor, Hansen ran for the U.S. Senate seat which was being vacated by the retiring Republican [[Milward  Simpson]]. He won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote. In a fairly Republican year nationally, he defeated popular Representative at-large Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), a Democrat of [[Italy|Italian]] extraction. Hansen received 63,548 votes (51.8 percent); Roncalio, 59,141 (48.2 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1966.</ref>

After a single term as governor, Hansen ran for the U.S. Senate seat which was being vacated by the retiring Republican [[Milward  Simpson]]. He won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote. In a fairly Republican year nationally, he defeated popular Representative at-large Teno Roncalio (1916–2003), a Democrat of [[Italy|Italian]] extraction. Hansen received 63,548 votes (51.8 percent); Roncalio, 59,141 (48.2 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections,'' U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1966.</ref>

In 1972, Hansen was reelected to the Senate over Democrat Mike M. Vinich (1924–2015) of Hudson in Fremont County<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155119922/mike-m.-vinich Mike M. Vinich (1924-2015) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed July 24, 2021.</ref> 101,314 votes (71.3 percent) to 40,753 (28.7 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections'', U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1972</ref> Senator Hansen was known for social and fiscal conservatism. He voted against sending to the states the proposed [[Equal Rights Amendment]], which would have codified federal power over the states. He opposed the [[Richard M. Nixon]] administration's deployment of the [[anti-ballistic missile]], a position which put him at odds with then [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] [[Melvin R. Laird]] of [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="williams">Pete Williams, "Remembering Clifford Hansen," firstread.msnbc.msn.com, October 21, 2009; no longer online.</ref>

In 1972, Hansen was reelected to the Senate over Democrat Mike M. Vinich (1924–2015) of Hudson in Fremont County<ref>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/155119922/mike-m.-vinich Mike M. Vinich (1924-2015) - Find A Grave Memorial], accessed July 24, 2021.</ref> 101,314 votes (71.3 percent) to 40,753 (28.7 percent).<ref>''Congressional Quarterly's Guide to U.S. Elections'', U.S. Senator from Wyoming, 1972</ref> Senator Hansen was known for social and fiscal conservatism. He voted against sending to the states the proposed [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1972/s533 TO PASS H.J. RES. 208.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> which would have codified federal power over the states. He opposed the [[Richard M. Nixon]] administration's deployment of the [[anti-ballistic missile]], a position which put him at odds with then [[United States Secretary of Defense|Defense Secretary]] [[Melvin R. Laird]] of [[Wisconsin]].<ref name="williams">Pete Williams, "Remembering Clifford Hansen," firstread.msnbc.msn.com, October 21, 2009; no longer online.</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>

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 re-election 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/>

Hansen pushed for national legislation to increase the share of mineral royalties collected on federal lands within the western states from 37.5 to 50 percent. This adjustment brought an additional $2.8 billion to Wyoming over the years, according the Department of Revenue.<ref name="joyce">{{cite news|url=http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2009/10/25/featured_story/01top_10-25-09.txt|author=Matt Joyce|title=Hansen remembered as a man who gave much, but took little|publisher=''Wyoming Tribune-Eagle''|accessdate=October 25, 2009|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>

Hansen pushed for national legislation to increase the share of mineral royalties collected on federal lands within the western states from 37.5 to 50 percent. This adjustment brought an additional $2.8 billion to Wyoming over the years, according the Department of Revenue.<ref name="joyce">{{cite news|url=http://www.wyomingnews.com/articles/2009/10/25/featured_story/01top_10-25-09.txt|author=Matt Joyce|title=Hansen remembered as a man who gave much, but took little|publisher=''Wyoming Tribune-Eagle''|accessdate=October 25, 2009|accessdate=July 23, 2021}}</ref>

Hansen resigned his Senate seat on the last day of 1978 to permit his successor, Alan Simpson, to gain a leg up in seniority.<ref name="joyce" /> Simpson would later become the Senate Republican whip and was considered along with [[Dan Quayle]] for the 1988 vice-presidential nomination under [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. At the Hansen funeral, Alan Simpson paid tribute, accordingly: "I owe him much. All of Wyoming and the nation owe him much. . . . He was a dear and special man who gave much and asked very little, and fought on always with integrity, courage, and an uncommon degree of common sense. God bless his soul."<ref name="joyce" />

Hansen resigned his Senate seat on the last day of 1978 to permit his [[Moderate Republican]] successor, [[Alan Simpson|Alan Kooi Simpson]], to gain a leg up in seniority.<ref name="joyce" /> Simpson would later become the Senate Republican whip and was considered along with [[Dan Quayle]] for the 1988 vice-presidential nomination under [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. At the Hansen funeral, Alan Simpson paid tribute, accordingly: "I owe him much. All of Wyoming and the nation owe him much. . . . He was a dear and special man who gave much and asked very little, and fought on always with integrity, courage, and an uncommon degree of common sense. God bless his soul."<ref name="joyce" />

==The Hansen family==

==The Hansen family==