{"id":2106,"date":"2022-07-11T16:43:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/its-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-oregon-political-icon-mark-hatfield-22\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:05:00","slug":"its-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-oregon-political-icon-mark-hatfield-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/its-the-100th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-oregon-political-icon-mark-hatfield-22\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s the 100th anniversary of the birth of Oregon political icon Mark Hatfield"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Hatfield, one of the most iconic figures in Oregon
\npolitical history, would have turned 100 years old on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Hatfield was born in Dallas, Oregon on July 12, 1922. After
\nserving with the U.S. Navy in World War II, Hatfield returned to Oregon and was
\nelected to the Oregon House, and later the Senate. Then, he was elected Oregon
\nSecretary of State, and later, Oregon governor.<\/p>\n

In 1966, Hatfield \u2014 a Republican \u2014 was elected to the U-S
\nSenate, where he served for 30 years. He retired in 1996, having never lost an
\nelection in a 46-year political career.<\/p>\n

He died
\nen 2011<\/a>. His name adorns a host of Oregon landmarks and institutions.<\/p>\n

In one of his final public appearances, Hatfield addressed
\nOregon lawmakers on the first day of the 2007 legislative session.<\/p>\n

\u201cYears from now Oregonians will not remember how many
\nmembers of this House of Representatives were Republicans or Democrats,\u201d he
\nsaid. \u201cRather, what they will remember is whether or not you were men and women
\nof good will, men and women who were Oregonians first, and politicians and
\npartisans second.\u201d<\/p>\n

Also that day, Hatfield administered the oath of office to
\nthen-state Rep. Jeff Merkley. The Democrat was being sworn in as Speaker of the
\nOregon House. The following year, Merkley won election to the U.S. Senate,
\nwhere he still serves.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

As part of the centennial, the Oregon Historical Society<\/a> is releasing a
\nseries of oral history interviews with Hatfield. They were off-limits to the
\npublic until Hatfield\u2019s 100th birthday.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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