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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 served he was in the Oregon legislature, was elected as Oregon Secretary of State (1957-1959), and served as [[governor]] of Oregon (1959-1967). At the time, he was called the "[[Nelson Rockefeller]] of the West Coast" because of his Moderate Republicanism.
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]].
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 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''.