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Hatfield, Mark O., 1922-2011

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1922 - 2011

Biography

Mark Odom Hatfield was born in Dallas, Oregon, in 1922. He graduated from Willamette University in 1943. He served in the U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II and was among the first U.S. forces to enter Hiroshima, Japan, after the atomic bombing of the city by the United States, an event that deeply affected his views on war. After his discharge, he returned to Willamette University to study law. After a year, he decided instead to focus on political science and transferred to Stanford University, where he earned his master’s degree in 1948. He and Antoinette Kuzmanich were married in 1958; they later had four children. Hatfield was a liberal Republican and represented Marion County in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1951 to 1955, and in the Oregon Senate from 1955 to 1957. He served as Oregon secretary of state from 1957 to 1959, and as Oregon governor from 1959 to 1967. He represented Oregon in the U.S. Senate from 1967 to 1997, serving as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee from 1981 to 1987 and again from 1995 to 1997. He died in 2011.

Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:

Oral history interview with Otto Skopil

 Collection
Identifier: SR1225
Abstract

Oral history interview with Otto Skopil conducted by Rick Harmon and Jim Strassmaier from August 19, 1985, to November 27, 1989, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Skopil was a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Oregon and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Dates: 1985 August 19-1989 November 27

Letters to Hal Stoltz from Mark Hatfield and Wendell Wyatt

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1055
Abstract Letters from U.S. Senator Mark Hatfield (1922-2011) and U.S. Representative Wendell Wyatt (1917-2009) to Hal Stoltz of Portland, Oregon, regarding the possible impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon for his actions in the Watergate scandal. In October 1973, Nixon's attempt to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox led to the resignation of Attorney General Elliot Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William Ruckelshaus before Solicitor General Robert Bork carried out Cox's dismissal....
Dates: 1973 November 16

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland

 Collection
Identifier: SR1130
Abstract

Oral history interview with Monroe Sweetland conducted by Rick Harmon from November 16, 1984, to October 26, 1987, as part of the Oregon Legislature Oral History Series. Sweetland was an Oregon state representative and senator.

Dates: 1984 November 16-1987 October 26

Oral history interview with Jim Towey

 Collection
Identifier: SR1336
Abstract

Oral history interview with Jim Towey conducted by Jim Strassmaier on June 2, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Towey was an aide to Hatfield.

Dates: 1988 June 2

Corinne Trullinger and Mark A. Chamberlin papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2857
Abstract Reverend Mark A. Chamberlin (born 1899) was a Methodist pastor and national officer in the Methodist Federation for Social Action. He hosted the "Religion and Life" program on KBOO radio, Portland, from 1971-1977. Collection includes correspondence, 1922-1986, with Congressman Charles Porter, Senator Mark Hatfield, Hazel Miller, etc.; correspondence and documents relating to the Mark Chamberlin Lectureship at Lewis and Clark College, nuclear and solar power, violence, radio broadcasting,...
Dates: 1922-1986

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt

 Collection
Identifier: SR1332
Abstract

Oral history interview with Wendell Wyatt conducted by Clark Hansen from May 17-19, 1988, as part of the Senator Mark O. Hatfield Oral History Project. Wyatt was a U.S. congressman from Oregon.

Dates: 1988 May 17-19

Additional filters:

Subject
Oregon 33
Oral Histories 32
interviews 32
Political Campaigns -- Oregon 22
Oregon -- Politics and government -- 20th century 18
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century 15
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Public opinion 11
Legislation -- United States 8
Politics and Politicians 7
Legislators -- Oregon 6
oral histories (literary genre) 6
Christians 5
Governors -- Oregon 4
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Salem 4
International Relations 3
Laws and Legislation 3
Nuclear weapons -- Moral and ethical aspects 3
Political Campaigns 3
Secretaries 3
World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American 3
Filibusters (Political science) 2
International relations 2
Judges -- Oregon 2
Justice, Administration of -- Oregon 2
Legislation -- Oregon 2
Nuclear Weapons and Testing 2
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States 2
Taxation -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 2
Women's rights -- United States 2
correspondence 2
AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy -- United States 1
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
Birth control -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Businesses and Corporations 1
Church and social problems -- Oregon 1
Civil Procedure and Courts 1
Civil service -- Oregon 1
College teachers -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Communists -- United States 1
Courts -- Oregon 1
Department stores -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Department stores -- Oregon -- Salem 1
Draft -- United States 1
Education, Elementary -- Oregon 1
Education, Secondary -- Oregon 1
Educational law and legislation 1
El Salvador -- Politics and government -- 20th century 1
Elementary and Secondary Education 1
Environmental law -- United States 1
Equal rights amendments -- United States 1
Geopolitics -- Middle East 1
Impeachments -- United States 1
Indians of North America -- Civil rights 1
Indonesia 1
International law 1
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945 1
Labor unions -- Oregon 1
Law clerks -- Oregon 1
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Gresham 1
Lawyers -- Oregon -- Portland 1
Legislators -- United States 1
Lobbyists -- Oregon 1
Medical care -- Research -- Finance 1
Medicine and Health 1
Methodists -- Oregon 1
Nerve gases 1
New Deal, 1933-1939 1
Newspapers -- Oregon 1
Oregon -- Officials and employees 1
Pacifism 1
Poliomyelitis 1
Power resources 1
Presidents -- United States -- Elections -- 1960 1
Privatization -- United States 1
Public hospitals -- Maryland -- Bethesda 1
Public prosecutors -- Oregon 1
Radio in religion -- Oregon 1
Rajneeshpuram (Or.) 1
Refugees -- Government policy -- United States 1
Religion 1
Rites and ceremonies -- Maryland -- Bethesda -- Photographs 1
Salem (Or.) -- History -- 20th century 1
Sales tax -- Law and legislation -- Oregon 1
Sexual harassment 1
Speechwriters 1
Teachers -- Oregon 1
United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945 1
Watergate Affair, 1972-1974 1
White collar crimes -- United States -- Cases 1
World War, 1939-1945 1
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 1
color photographs 1
photograph albums 1
printed ephemera 1
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