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HATFIELD, Mark Odom

(1922—)

Senate Years of Service: 1967-1997
Party: Republican

HATFIELD, Mark Odom, a Senator from Oregon; born in Dallas, Polk County, Oreg., July 12, 1922; graduated, Willamette University 1943; completed graduate degree at Stanford University 1948; served in the United States Navy in the Second World War; associate professor of political science 1949-1956 and dean of students 1950-1956, Willamette University; member, State house of representatives 1951-1955; member, State senate 1955-1957; Oregon secretary of state 1957-1959; Governor 1959-1967; author; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1966; reelected in 1972, 1978, 1984, and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1967, to January 3, 1997; not a candidate for reelection in 1996; chairman, Committee on Appropriations (Ninety-seventh through Ninety-ninth Congress, One Hundred Fourth Congress); resumed teaching of political science and history at Portland State University, George Fox University and Willamette University, 1997-.


Bibliography

Hatfield, Mark, and Diane N. Solomon. Against the Grain: Reflections of a Rebel Republican . Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press, 2001; Eels, Robert, and Bartell Nyberg. Lonely Walk: The Life of Senator Mark Hatfield . Chappaqua, NY: Christian Herald Books, 1979.

Eels, Robert, and Bartell Nyberg. Lonely Walk: The Life of Senator Mark Hatfield . Chappaqua, NY: Christian Herald Books, 1979.

Hatfield, Mark O. “The Absence of Political Will in the United States.” In Causes of World Hunger , edited by William Byron, pp. 162-72. New York: Paulist Press, 1982.

___. “Amnesty? If . . .” In Amnesty? The Unsettled Question of Vietnam , by Arlie Schardt, William O. Rusher, and Mark O. Hatfield, pp. 105-48. Croton-on-Hudson, NY: Sun River Press, 1973.

___. Between a Rock and a Hard Place . Waco, TX: Word Books, 1976.

___. Conflict and Conscience . Waco, TX: Word Books, 1971.

___. “Honest Arms Control and Political Realism.” In What About the Russians?: A Christian Approach to U.S.-Soviet Conflict , edited by Dale W. Brown, pp. 140-43. Elgin, IL: Brethren Press, 1984.

___. Not Quite So Simple . New York: Harper & Row, 1968.

___, Donald A. Ritchie, Jo Anne McCormick Quatannens, Richard A. Baker, and William T. Hull. Vice Presidents of the United States, 1789-1993. Edited by Wendy Wolff. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1997.

___, and Diane N. Solomon. Against the Grain: Reflections of a Rebel Republican . Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press, 2001.

Kennedy, Edward M., and Mark O. Hatfield. Freeze! How You Can Help Prevent Nuclear War . New York: Bantam Books, 1982.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present

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