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Mark Odom Hatfield
(July 12, 1922 ? August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator. He was a
Republican
, even though he mostly voted with
Democratic
senators. He was born in
Dallas, Oregon
.
From 1957 to 1959, he was the
Oregon Secretary of State
. From 1959 to 1967, he was the
Governor of Oregon
. Between 1967 to 1997, Hatfield was the
United States Senator
from Oregon.
Hatfield died in
Portland, Oregon
on August 7, 2011 at the age of 89.
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