Scope and Contents Tape 23, Side 1, through Tape 24, Side 1. In the sixteenth interview session, conducted on March 9, 2000, Hatfield discusses his time serving in the Oregon Legislature as a senator from Marion County from 1955 to 1957, with a focus on the 1955 legislative session. He talks about legislation he worked on, and about some of his fellow legislators. He reflects on his accomplishments as a state legislator, particularly on civil rights; talks about his relationship with the press; and discusses...

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Tape 24, Side 2, through Tape 25, Side 2. In the seventeenth interview session, conducted on March 30, 2000, Hatfield talks about elections in Oregon in 1956, and continues to speak at length about his campaign for Oregon secretary of state.