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{{Short description|Governor of Oregon and US senator (1922–2011)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Mark Hatfield
|image        = Mark O. Hatfield.png
|caption      = Official portrait, {{circa|1990s}}
|office       = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Senate Appropriations Committee]]
|term_start   = January 3, 1995
|term_end     = January 3, 1997
|predecessor  = [[Robert Byrd]]
|successor    = [[Ted Stevens]]
|term_start1  = January 3, 1981
|term_end1    = January 3, 1987
|predecessor1 = [[Warren Magnuson]]
|successor1   = [[John C. Stennis]]
|jr/sr2       = United States Senator
|state2       = [[Oregon]]
|term_start2  = January 10, 1967
|term_end2    = January 3, 1997
|predecessor2 = [[Maurine Neuberger]]
|successor2   = [[Gordon H. Smith|Gordon Smith]]
|office3      = 29th [[Governor of Oregon]]
|term_start3  = January 12, 1959
|term_end3    = January 9, 1967
|predecessor3 = [[Robert D. Holmes]]
|successor3   = [[Tom McCall]]
|office4      = 16th [[Oregon Secretary of State|Secretary of State of Oregon]]
|governor4    = [[Elmo Smith]]<br />[[Robert D. Holmes]]
|term_start4  = January 7, 1957
|term_end4    = January 12, 1959
|predecessor4 = [[Earl T. Newbry]]
|successor4   = [[Howell Appling, Jr.]]
|birth_name   = Mark Odom Hatfield
|birth_date   = {{birth date|1922|7|12}}
|birth_place  = [[Dallas, Oregon]], U.S.
|death_date   = {{death date and age|2011|8|7|1922|7|12}}
|death_place  = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S.
|restingplace = [[Willamette National Cemetery]]
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = {{marriage|Antoinette Kuzmanich|1958}}
|children     = 4
|education    = [[Willamette University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Stanford University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
|allegiance   = United States
|branch       = [[United States Navy]]
|rank         = [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]]
|serviceyears = 1943–1947
|battles      = [[World War II]]<br />{{*}}[[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]]
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'''Mark Odom Hatfield''' (July 12, 1922 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and educator from the state of [[Oregon]]. A [[Factions in the Republican Party (United States)#Moderates|moderate]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he served eight years as Governor of Oregon, followed by 30 years as one of its [[United States senator]]s, including time as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. A native Oregonian, he served in the [[United States Navy]] in the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]] during [[World War II]] after graduating from [[Willamette University]]. After the war he earned a graduate degree from [[Stanford University]] before returning to Oregon and Willamette as a professor.

While still teaching, Hatfield served in both houses of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]]. He won election to the [[Oregon Secretary of State]]'s office at the age of 34 and two years later was elected as the [[List of governors of Oregon|29th Governor of Oregon]]. He was the youngest person to serve in either of those offices, and served two terms as governor before election to the [[United States Senate]]. In the Senate he served for thirty years, the longest tenure of any Senator from Oregon. At the time of his retirement, he was [[List of United States senators in the 104th Congress by seniority|seventh most senior Senator]] and the second most senior Republican. In 1968, he was considered a candidate to be [[Richard Nixon]]'s running mate for the Republican Party presidential ticket.

Hatfield served as [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations]] on two occasions. With this role, he was able to direct funding to Oregon and research-related projects. Numerous Oregon institutions, buildings and facilities are named in his honor, including the [[Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse]] in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], the [[Mark O. Hatfield Library]] at [[Willamette University]] (his [[alma mater]]), the [[Hatfield Government Center (MAX station)|Hatfield Government Center]] light-rail station in [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]], the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government in the College of Urban and Public Affairs at [[Portland State University]], and the [[Hatfield Marine Science Center]] in [[Newport, Oregon|Newport]]. Outside of Oregon, a research center at the [[National Institutes of Health]] was named after him for his support of medical research while in the Senate. Hatfield died in Portland on August 7, 2011, after a long illness.

==Early life==
Hatfield was born in [[Dallas, Oregon]], on July 12, 1922,<ref name="congbio">{{cite web|title=Hatfield, Mark Odom|work=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000343|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=April 13, 2007|archive-date=December 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111210080522/http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000343|url-status=live}}</ref> the only child of Dovie E. (Odom) Hatfield, a schoolteacher, and Charles Dolen Hatfield, a [[blacksmith]] for the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]].<ref name=lonely>{{cite book|first1=Robert|last1=Eells|first2=Bartell|last2=Nyberg.|title=''Lonely Walk: The Life of Senator Mark Hatfield''|location=Chappaqua, New York|publisher=Christian Herald Books|year=1979|pages=19–20}}</ref> Hatfield's father was from California and his mother from [[Tennessee]].<ref name=lonely/> When he was five years old, his maternal grandmother took over the household while his mother, Dovie attended [[Oregon State University|Oregon State College]] and graduated with a teaching degree after four years.<ref name=lonely/> Dovie taught school in Dallas for two years before the family moved to [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]], where she taught junior high school.<ref name=lonely/>

Encouraged by his mother, Hatfield's first experience with politics came at the age of 10, when he campaigned in his neighborhood for President [[Herbert Hoover]]'s 1932 re-election campaign.<ref name=retire>Walth, Brent. "Mark of distinction". ''[[The Oregonian]]'', December 29, 1996.</ref> In the late 1930s Hatfield worked as a tour guide at the new [[Oregon State Capitol|Oregon State Capitol Building]] in Salem, using his key to enter the governor's office, where he sat in the governor's chair.<ref name=retire/>

On June 10, 1940, the 17-year-old Hatfield, driving his mother's car, struck and killed a pedestrian, 6-year-old Alice Marie Lane, as she crossed the street to deliver milk to her neighbors.<ref name=osc>''Lane v. Hatfield'', 173 Or. 79, 143 P.2d 230 (1943).</ref> Hatfield was not held criminally liable for the crash, but was found civilly liable to the family.<ref name=gov1958/> The case made its way to the [[Oregon Supreme Court]] in 1943, with the court affirming the trial court's decision.<ref name=osc/>

Hatfield graduated from [[North Salem High School (Salem, Oregon)|Salem High School]] in 1940 and then enrolled at [[Willamette University]], also in Salem.<ref>16 grads to enter North's hall of fame. ''[[Statesman Journal]]'', April 8, 2006.</ref> While attending Willamette, Hatfield became a brother of [[Alpha Phi Omega]] and Kappa Gamma Rho, which he later helped become a chapter of [[Beta Theta Pi]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.willamette.edu/scene/2005/fall/28/ |title= All in the Family |date= Fall 2005 |work= The Scene |access-date= August 8, 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120331012232/http://www.willamette.edu/scene/2005/fall/28/ |archive-date= March 31, 2012 }}</ref> (In 1964, Hatfield was elected to the National position of Third Vice President of Alpha Phi Omega).<ref>[http://www.apoarchive.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/FEBRUARY_1965.pdf Alpha Phi Omega Torch and Trefoil Magazine, February 1965]</ref> In college he also worked part-time for then Oregon Secretary of State [[Earl Snell]], where he learned how to build a political base by sending out messages to potential voters after reading about life changes posted in newspapers, such as deaths and graduations.<ref name=retire/> He also sketched out a political career path beginning with the state legislature and culminating in a spot in the United States Senate, with a blank for any position beyond the Senate.<ref name=retire/> Hatfield graduated from Willamette in 1943 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree after three years at the school.<ref name="congbio"/> While at the school he lost his only election, for student body president.<ref>Eells, p. 22.</ref>

Hatfield joined the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] after graduation,<ref name="congbio"/> taking part in the [[World War II]] battles at [[Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]] and [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]] as a [[landing craft]] officer where he witnessed the carnage of the war.<ref name=retire/> A [[lieutenant]], he also witnessed the effects of the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing of Hiroshima]], as one of the first Americans to see the ruins of the city (later, as Senator, Hatfield opposed arms proliferation and the [[Vietnam War]]).<ref name=retire/><ref name=record/> After Japan, he served in [[French Indochina]], where he witnessed firsthand the wealth divide between the peasant Vietnamese and the colonial French bourgeoisie.<ref name=retire/> After his discharge as a [[Lieutenant (junior grade)]],<ref>{{cite book |date=1964 |title=1964 Yearbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ophMAAAAYAAJ&q=mark+hatfield+navy+lieutenant+junior+grade |location=Indianapolis, IN |publisher=[[North American Interfraternity Conference|National Interfraternity Conference]] |page=5 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> he spent one year at [[Willamette University College of Law|Willamette's law school]], but decided politics or teaching better suited him.<ref name=teaching>[Mark Hatfield]. ''[[Statesman Journal]]'', March 28, 2004.</ref><ref>Eells, p. 24.</ref>

Hatfield then enrolled at [[Stanford University]], where he obtained a [[master's degree]] in political science in 1948.<ref name="congbio"/> He returned to Salem and Willamette after Stanford and began working as an assistant professor in political science.<ref name=retire/> During his tenure as professor, he built a political base by sending out messages and speaking at any public forum where he could get an invitation.<ref name=retire/>

==Political career==
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Mark Hatfield's career in public office spanned five decades as he held office in both the legislative and executive branches of Oregon's state government, including two terms as governor.<ref name=retire/> On the national stage he became the longest serving [[List of United States Senators from Oregon|U.S. Senator from Oregon]] and a candidate for the [[List of United States Republican Party presidential tickets|Republican vice presidential nomination]] in 1968. In the U.S. Senate he would twice serve as chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]], and twice be investigated for possible ethics violations.<ref name=retire/>

===Oregon===
[[File:Mark Hatfield 1950.jpg|thumb|left|Hatfield in 1950]]
In 1950 while teaching [[political science]] and serving as dean of students at Willamette, Hatfield began his political career by winning election to the [[Oregon House of Representatives]] as a Republican.<ref>[https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx Oregon Legislative Assembly (46th) 1951 Regular Session.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518034357/https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx |date=2019-05-18 }} Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on March 4, 2008.</ref> He defeated six others for the seat at a time when state assembly elections were still determined by county-wide votes.<ref name=retire/> He served for two terms representing [[Marion County, Oregon|Marion County]] and Salem in the lower chamber of the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly]].<ref>[https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx Oregon Legislative Assembly (47th) 1953 Regular Session.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518034357/https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx |date=2019-05-18 }} Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on March 4, 2008.</ref> At the time he was the youngest legislator in Oregon and still lived at his parents' home.<ref name=page25>Eells, p. 25.</ref> Hatfield would teach early-morning classes and then walk across the street to the Capitol to legislate.<ref name=page25/>

In 1952 he won re-election to his seat in the Oregon House. He also received national attention for his early support for coaxing [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] to run for President of the United States as a Republican.<ref name=page27>Eells, p. 27.</ref> This earned him a spot as a delegate at the [[Republican National Convention]] that year.<ref name=page27/>

While in college he saw firsthand the discrimination against African Americans in Salem when he was tasked by his fraternity, Alpha Phi Omega, after a dinner with driving their guest, black artist [[Paul Robeson]] back to Portland, as African Americans were prohibited from staying in hotels in Salem.<ref name=retire/> In 1953, he introduced and passed legislation in the House that prohibited discrimination based on race in public accommodations before federal legislation and court decisions did so on a national level.<ref name=retire/> In 1954, Hatfield ran and won a seat in the [[Oregon State Senate]] representing Marion County.<ref>[https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx Oregon Legislative Assembly (48th) 1955 Regular Session.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518034357/https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/legislators_guide.aspx |date=2019-05-18 }} Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on March 4, 2008.</ref> While in the legislature, he continued to apply the grassroots strategy he learned from Earl Snell, but expanded it to cover the entire state to increase his political base.<ref name=retire/>

[[File:State Representative Hatfield 1953.jpg|thumb|right|Hatfield as a State Representative in 1953]]

After serving in the state senate,<ref name="congbio"/> he became the youngest [[Oregon Secretary of State|secretary of state]] in Oregon history after winning election in 1956 at age 34. Hatfield defeated fellow state senator [[Monroe Sweetland]] for the office, receiving 51.3% of the vote in the November general election.<ref name=election1956>Swarthout, John M. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/444252 The 1956 Election in Oregon.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026032141/https://www.jstor.org/stable/444252 |date=2018-10-26 }} ''The Western Political Quarterly'', Vol. 10, No. 1. (March, 1957), pp. 142-150.</ref> He took office on January 7, 1957, and remained until he resigned on January 12, 1959.<ref name=sos>[http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/RecordView/7589712 Oregon Blue Book: Secretary of State Agency History, page 16.] Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on April 28, 2021.</ref>

For his first run for [[Governor of Oregon]] in 1958, the Republican Party opposed his candidacy going into the primary election.<ref name=retire/> The large political base he had cultivated allowed him to win the party's primary despite the party's opposition.<ref name=retire/> In the primary he defeated [[Oregon State Treasurer]] [[Sig Unander]] for the Republican nomination.<ref name=gov1958>Swarthout, John M. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/444061 "The 1958 Election in Oregon."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413175538/http://www.jstor.org/stable/444061 |date=2016-04-13 }} ''The Western Political Quarterly'', Vol. 12, No. 1, Part 2. (March, 1959), pp. 328-344.</ref> In July 1958, after the primary election, Hatfield married Antoinette Kuzmanich, a counselor at Portland State College (now [[Portland State University]]).<ref name=gov1958/> The marriage during the campaign drew some attention as the Catholic Kuzmanich converted to Hatfield's Baptist religion.<ref name=gov1958/> They had four children: Elizabeth, Mark Jr., Theresa and Charles ("Visko"). He continued his campaign for the governor's office after the wedding, but avoided most public appearances with fellow Republican candidates for office and did not mention them during his campaign, despite requests by other Republicans for joint appearances.<ref name=gov1958/>

In the November general election Hatfield faced Democratic incumbent [[Robert D. Holmes]].<ref name=gov1958/> In the final days of the campaign U.S. Senator [[Wayne Morse]], a Democrat, implied Hatfield lied in his trial regarding the deadly car accident when he was 17.<ref>Cross, Travis. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/443997 "The 1958 Hatfield Campaign in Oregon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205516/http://www.jstor.org/stable/443997 |date=2016-03-04 }}. ''The Western Political Quarterly'', Vol. 12, No. 2 (June, 1959), Western Political Science Association. pp. 568-571.</ref> This tactic backfired as the press denounced the comments, as did Holmes and other Democrats.<ref name=gov1958/> Hatfield defeated Holmes in a landslide, winning 55.3% of the vote in the election.<ref name=gov1958/> That same election saw the Democratic Party gain a majority in both chambers of the state legislature for the first time since 1878.<ref name=gov1958/> Holmes' defeat was attributed in part to the image and charisma portrayed by Hatfield and in part due to the campaign issues such as the declining economy, increased taxation, capital punishment, labor, and education.<ref name=gov1958/> After the election, Holmes attempted to appoint David O'Hara as Secretary of State to replace Hatfield, who would have to resign to become governor.<ref name=gov1958/> Hatfield appointed [[Howell Appling, Jr.]] to the office,<ref name=sos/> and O'Hara challenged the appointment in state court. The [[Oregon Supreme Court]] ruled in favor of Hatfield on the [[Oregon Constitution|constitutional issue]], with the appointment of Appling confirmed.<ref>''State ex rel. O'Hara v. Appling'', 215 Or. 303, 334 P.2d 482 (1959)</ref> He was the youngest governor in the history of Oregon at that point in time at the age of 36.<ref name=gov1958/>

In 1962 Hatfield had been considered a possible candidate to run against Morse for his Senate seat, but Hatfield instead ran for re-election.<ref name=gov1962>Balmer, Donald G. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/444960 "The 1962 Election in Oregon"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161103233809/http://www.jstor.org/stable/444960 |date=2016-11-03 }}. ''The Western Political Quarterly'', Vol. 16, No. 2, A Symposium: The 1962 Elections in the West (June, 1963), Western Political Science Association. pp. 453-459.</ref> He faced [[Oregon Attorney General]] [[Robert Y. Thornton]] in the general election, winning with 345,497&nbsp;votes to Thornton's 265,359.<ref name=gov1962/> He became the state's first two-term governor in the 20th&nbsp;century when he was re-elected in 1962,<ref>{{cite web |title=House Report 104-587 – Designation of Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse |publisher=U.S. Library of Congress |url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/cpquery/R?cp104:FLD010:@1(hr587) |access-date=April 13, 2007 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212054035/https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/104th-congress/house-report/587 |url-status=live }}</ref> and later became only the second governor up to that point in the state's history to serve two full-terms.<ref name=gov1958/>

[[File:1964 Republican National Convention.jpg|thumb|left|The [[1964 Republican National Convention]] at the [[Cow Palace]], at which Hatfield spoke]]

Hatfield gave the keynote speech at the [[1964 Republican National Convention]] in [[San Francisco]] that nominated [[Barry Goldwater]] and served as temporary chairman of the party during the convention.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Herbert|last=Waltzer|title=In the Magic Lantern: Television Coverage of the 1964 National Conventions |jstor= 2747369|journal=The Public Opinion Quarterly |volume=30 |number=1 |date= Spring 1966 |publisher=American Association for Public Opinion Research |pages= 33–53|doi=10.1086/267380}}</ref> He advocated a moderate approach for the party and opposed the [[extreme conservatism]] associated with Goldwater and his supporters.<ref name=retire/> He also was the only governor to vote against a resolution by the [[National Governors' Conference]] supporting the [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson Administration's]] policy on the [[Vietnam War]], as Hatfield opposed the war, but pledged "unqualified and complete support" for the troops.<ref name=timevietnam>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840678,00.html The Viet Nam Race.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709085932/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,840678,00.html |date=2008-07-09 }} [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']], October 14, 1966.</ref> He preferred the use of [[economic sanctions]] to end the war.<ref name=timevietnam/>

Hatfield was a popular Governor who supported Oregon's traditional industries of timber and agriculture, but felt that in the postwar era expansion of industry and funding for transportation and education needed to be priorities.<ref>Hatfield, Mark O., and Diane N. Solomon. ''Against the Grain: Reflections of a Rebel Republican''. Ashland, OR: White Cloud Press, 2001. p. 105.</ref> While governor he worked to begin the diversification of the state's economy, such as recruiting industrial development and holding trade missions.<ref name=retire/> As part of the initiative, he helped to found the [[Oregon Graduate Center]] in 1963 in what became the [[Silicon Forest]] in [[Washington County, Oregon|Washington County]].<ref name=ogc>Nelson, Bryce. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1721742 "Oregon Graduate Center: A New Portland Scientific Institution".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305114628/http://www.jstor.org/stable/1721742 |date=2016-03-05 }} ''[[Science (journal)|Science]]'', New Series, Vol. 157, No. 3793 (September 8, 1967), American Association for the Advancement of Science. pp. 1151-1154.</ref> A graduate level school in the Portland area ([[Portland State University|Portland State]] was still a college with no graduate programs at this time) was seen by business leaders as essential to attracting new industries and by [[Tektronix]] as needed to retain highly skilled workers.<ref name=ogc/> In lieu of the standard portrait for former governors, Hatfield is represented by a marble bust at the Oregon State Capitol.<ref name=retire/>

===National===
[[File:Mark Hatfield – 1967.jpg|thumb|right|Senator Hatfield in 1967]]
Limited to two terms as governor, Hatfield announced his candidacy in the [[1966 United States Senate election in Oregon|1966 U.S. Senate election]] for the seat vacated by the retiring [[Maurine Neuberger]]. During the [[Vietnam War]], and during an election year, he was one of the only people to vote against a resolution by a governors' conference that expressed support for the U.S. involvement in the war in 1966.<ref name=election1966>Balmer, Donald G. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/446088 The 1966 Election in Oregon.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411230937/http://www.jstor.org/stable/446088 |date=2016-04-11 }} ''The Western Political Quarterly'', Vol. 20, No. 2, Part 2. (June, 1967), pp. 593&ndash;601.</ref><ref name=governors>{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BOdVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4212%2C1366844
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}}</ref> At that time the war was supported by 75 percent of the public, and was also supported by Hatfield's opponent in the November election.<ref name=retire/> He won the primary election with 178,782 votes compared to a combined 56,760 votes for three opponents.<ref name=election1966/> Hatfield then defeated Democratic Congressman [[Robert B. Duncan|Robert Duncan]] in the election.<ref name=election1966/> In order to finish his term as governor, which ended on January 9, 1967, he delayed taking his oath of office in the Senate until January 10 instead of the usual January 3.<ref name="congbio"/>

[[File:Barasch Hatfield Hartke1968.jpg|thumb|left|Hatfield (left) with [[George Barasch]] (center) and Senator [[Vance Hartke]] (right) in 1968]]

Hatfield's re-election victory for governor in 1962 and successful Senate campaign in 1966 made him something of a national figure. In 1968, Hatfield was on [[Richard Nixon]]'s short list for [[vice president]],<ref name=retire/> and received the strong backing of his friend, the Rev. [[Billy Graham]].<ref>Graham, Billy. ''Just As I Am: The Autobiography of Billy Graham''. San Francisco: Harper SanFrancisco/Zondervan, 1999. p. 446.</ref> Hatfield was considered too liberal by many conservatives and Southern moderates, and Nixon chose the more centrist [[Maryland]] Governor [[Spiro Agnew]].<ref name=retire/> Hatfield would later find himself at odds with Nixon over Vietnam and other issues, including a threat by Hatfield to reduce funding for the [[White House]]'s legal department in 1973 during the [[Watergate Scandal]], after Nixon had failed to use funds appropriated for renovating dams on the [[Columbia River]].<ref name=retire/>

On December 14, 1967, Hatfield appeared on [[William F. Buckley Jr.|William F. Buckley's]] talk show ''[[Firing Line (TV program)|Firing Line]]''. On the show, Hatfield and Buckley primarily discussed Senator [[Barry Goldwater|Barry Goldwater's]] unsuccessful bid for the presidency in the [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 election]]. Hatfield clarified that he believed it was "Goldwater's basic approach to problems," which "tended to evoke fear," that was rejected by many Americans in the election, rather than "Senator Goldwater as a person." In addition, Buckley criticized the system of the institution of a party convention which existed at the time, stating that "So, even if you can assume a situation in which John won all the presidential primaries, but James is the favorite of the Republican Party qua institution, then James is going to get nominated." Hatfield argued that the system of presidential primaries as a whole should be turned into a system of a simple "national primary." Buckley eventually prompted Hatfield to expand upon his ideal system of presidential nominations by asking, "If, in fact, you invite four candidates to participate in a national primary, would you then understand that the Convention would meet merely to ratify the process, or would that be an advisory judgment by the people," to which the Senator replied, "I would like to see this as the final decision by the people themselves. I would like to see this thing move toward that objective. It may not be achieved overnight."<ref name="Buckley">{{cite web |url =https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/6015/was-goldwater-a-mistake | title =Was Goldwater a Mistake? | date =December 14, 1967 | publisher =Hoover Institution Library and Archives: Firing Line broadcast records | access-date =April 20, 2023}}</ref>

As a senator Hatfield took positions that made him hard to classify politically. In the Summer of 1969, he had told [[Murray Newton Rothbard|Murray Rothbard]] that he had "committed himself to the cause of libertarianism."<ref name=rothbard>{{cite web |first=Murray N. |last=Rothbard |title=Exclusive Interview With Murray Rothbard |work=The New Banner: A Fortnightly Libertarian Journal |date=February 25, 1972 |url=http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard103.html |access-date=February 2, 2016 |archive-date=June 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618045309/http://archive.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard103.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Rothbard remarked concerning Hatfield, "obviously his voting record is not particularly libertarian – it's very good on foreign policy and the draft, but it's not too great on other things", adding that "in the abstract, at least, he is very favorable to libertarianism."<ref name=rothbard/> Hatfield was opposed to [[abortion]] and the [[death penalty]], though as governor he chose not to commute the sentence of a convicted murderer and allowed that execution to go forward.<ref>Eells, pp. 46, 95&ndash;96, 118.</ref> As a prominent evangelical Christian, he opposed government-sponsored [[school prayer]] and supported civil rights for minorities.<ref name=nyt1>{{cite news|first=Timothy|last=Egan|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B07E7DD1530F935A15752C1A962958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Oregon's 'Out-of-Step' Senator Steps Forward|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 26, 1994|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> Hatfield voted in favor of the [[Civil Rights Act of 1968]] and the [[Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987]], as well as to override [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]]'s veto,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|title=TO PASS H.R. 2516, A BILL TO ESTABLISH PENALTIES FOR INTERFERENCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS. INTERFERENCE WITH A PERSON ENGAGED IN ONE OF THE 8 ACTIVITIES PROTECTED UNDER THIS BILL MUST BE RACIALLY MOTIVATED TO INCUR THE BILL'S PENALTIES.|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-date=2020-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111220119/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/90-1967/h113|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s432|title=TO PASS S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE THE BROAD COVERAGE AND CLARIFY FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY PROVIDING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION IS FEDERALLY FUNDED, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE.|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-date=2020-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728203812/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s432|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s487|title=TO ADOPT, OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO OF S 557, CIVIL RIGHTS RESTORATION ACT, A BILL TO RESTORE BROAD COVERAGE OF FOUR CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS BY DECLARING THAT IF ONE PART OF AN INSTITUTION RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDS, THEN THE ENTIRE INSTITUTION MUST NOT DISCRIMINATE. TWO-THIRDS OF THE SENATE, HAVING VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE, OVERRODE THE PRESIDENTIAL VETO.|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-date=2020-08-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810145251/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/s487|url-status=live}}</ref> for the nomination of [[Thurgood Marshall]] to [[Supreme Court of the United States|the Supreme Court]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0900176|title=CONFIRMATION OF NOMINATION OF THURGOOD MARSHALL, THE FIRST NEGRO APPOINTED TO THE SUPREME COURT. |publisher=VoteView}}</ref> and the [[Passage of Martin Luther King Jr. Day|bill]] establishing [[Martin Luther King Jr. Day]] as a [[Federal holidays in the United States|federal holiday]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/98-1983/s293|title=TO PASS H.R. 3706. (MOTION PASSED) SEE NOTE(S) 19.|access-date=2020-05-15|archive-date=2020-05-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520132928/https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/98-1983/s293|url-status=live}}</ref> Hatfield voted against the Supreme Court nominations of [[Clement Haynsworth]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0910135|title=TO ADVISE AND CONSENT TO NOMINATION OF CLEMENT HAYNESWORTH, JR. TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT|publisher=VoteView|access-date=2021-01-24|archive-date=2020-10-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017085636/https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0910135|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[George Harrold Carswell]],<ref name="CONSENT">{{cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0910357|title=TO CONSENT TO THE NOMINATION OF GEORGE HARROLD CARSWELL TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT|publisher=VoteView|access-date=2021-01-24|archive-date=2020-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114030222/https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0910357|url-status=live}}</ref> but voted in favor of the nominations of [[William Rehnquist]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS0920417|title= TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.|publisher=VoteView}}</ref> [[Robert Bork Supreme Court nomination|Robert Bork]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS1000348|title= TO CONFIRM THE NOMINATION OF ROBERT H. BORK, OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO BE AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT|publisher=VoteView}}</ref> and [[Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination|Clarence Thomas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voteview.com/rollcall/RS1020220|title=Clarence Thomas, of Georgia, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States |publisher=VoteView}}</ref> Hatfield was the only Senator who voted for both Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-10-19-1991292020-story.html|title=ONE SENATOR who in 1967 voted against...|publisher=Baltimore Sun|author=Theo Lippman Jr.|date=October 19, 1991|access-date=2021-01-24|archive-date=2019-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010183638/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-10-19-1991292020-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Regarding political solutions, Hatfield believed that they were found in the center.

[[File:Mark Hatfield.png|thumb|right|Senator Hatfield in 1977]]

In 1970, with Senator [[George McGovern]] (D-South Dakota), he co-sponsored the [[McGovern-Hatfield amendment|McGovern-Hatfield Amendment]], which called for a complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from [[Vietnam War|Vietnam]].<ref name=nyt>Egan, Timothy. Oregon's Hatfield to Retire After 5 Terms in Senate. ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 2, 1995.</ref> In 1973 he explained to the [[Eugene Register-Guard]] his "Neighborhood Government Act," which he repeatedly introduced in Congress. It would have permitted Americans to divert their personal federal tax money from Washington to their local community. He explained that his long-term goal was to have all social services provided at the neighborhood level.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jesse|last=Walker|title=Mark O. Hatfield, RIP|url=http://reason.com/blog/2011/08/08/mark-o-hatfield-rip|magazine=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]]|date=August 8, 2011|access-date=February 13, 2018|archive-date=June 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603154349/http://reason.com/blog/2011/08/08/mark-o-hatfield-rip|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Robert|last=Shepard|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LDJWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6779%2C2693618|title=Return of local powers sought]|newspaper=[[Eugene Register-Guard]]|date=November 12, 1973|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref>

Hatfield appeared alongside [[Frank Church]], [[Charles Goodell]], [[Harold Hughes]], and [[George McGovern]] on a bipartisan broadcast concerning the [[Vietnam War]] on May 12, 1970. The broadcast specifically concerned the [[McGovern-Hatfield Amendment]], and was primarily for the purpose of promoting it. The Amendment had not yet reached the [[United States Senate|Senate]], where it eventually failed on September 1 of the same year. The Senators primarily discussed issues of the [[United States Constitution|Constitution]] in relation to the war, as [[George McGovern|Senator McGovern]] began with, "There is no way under the Constitution by which the Congress of the United States could act either to continue this war or to end it, except by a decision on whether we will appropriate funds to finance the war."<ref name="CSPAN">{{cite web|title=Amendment to End the Vietnam War {{!}} C-SPAN.org|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?471445-1/amendment-end-vietnam-war|website=www.c-span.org|publisher=C-SPAN|access-date=April 22, 2023|language=en-us|date=May 12, 1970 }}</ref>

[[File:Mark Hatfield 1986.jpg|thumb|left|Senator Hatfield in 1986]]

In 1981, Hatfield served as the chairman of the Congressional [[United States Congress Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies|Joint Committee on Presidential Inaugurations]], overseeing the first inauguration of [[Ronald Reagan]] in January of that year.

On December 2, 1981, Hatfield was one of four senators to vote against<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12/03/The-90-4-vote-by-which-the-Senate-approved-the/2840376203600/|title=The 90-4 vote by which the Senate approved the...|date=December 3, 1981|publisher=UPI|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082314/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/12/03/The-90-4-vote-by-which-the-Senate-approved-the/2840376203600/|url-status=live}}</ref> an amendment to President Reagan's MX missiles proposal that would divert the silo system by $334 million as well as earmark further research for other methods that would allow giant missiles to be based. The vote was seen as a rebuff of the Reagan administration.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/03/us/senators-reject-plan-for-placing-mx-missile-in-silos.html|title=Senators Reject Plan for Placing MX Missile in Silos|first=Steven V.|last=Roberts|date=December 3, 1981|newspaper=New York Times|access-date=March 22, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082246/http://www.nytimes.com/1981/12/03/us/senators-reject-plan-for-placing-mx-missile-in-silos.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1204/120455.html|title=Reagan scorns Senate rejection of silo-based MX missile plan|first=Stephen|last=Webbe|newspaper=The Christian Science Monitor|date=December 4, 1981|access-date=March 6, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307150853/https://www.csmonitor.com/1981/1204/120455.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the 1980s, Hatfield co-sponsored [[nuclear freeze]] legislation with Senator [[Edward M. Kennedy]], as well as co-authoring a book on the topic.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Peter|last=de Leon|title=Review: Freeze: The Literature of the Nuclear Weapons Debate |jstor= 173847|journal=The Journal of Conflict Resolution |publisher= Sage Publications, Inc. |volume=27 |number=1 |date= March 1983 |pages= 181–189|doi=10.1177/0022002783027001007|s2cid=145018623}}</ref> He also advocated for the closure of the [[N-Reactor]] at the [[Hanford Site|Hanford Nuclear Site]] in the 1980s,<ref name=nreactor>{{cite journal |first=J. |last= Raloff |jstor= 3970795 |title= Hanford Reactor's Safety Is Questioned |journal=Science News |volume=130 |number=7 |date= August 16, 1986 |publisher= Society for Science & the Public |pages= 101–102|doi= 10.2307/3970795 }}</ref> though he was a supporter of [[nuclear fusion]] programs.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Andrew|last=Lawler| jstor=2885014|title=New GOP Chairs Size Up Science|journal=Science| volume=266|number=5192|date=December 16, 1994|publisher=American Association for the Advancement of Science|pages=1796&ndash;1797|doi=10.1126/science.266.5192.1796|pmid=17737060|bibcode=1994Sci...266.1796L}}</ref> The N-Reactor was used for producing weapons grade plutonium while producing electricity.<ref name=nreactor/>

Hatfield frequently broke with his party on issues of national defense and foreign policy in support for [[non-interventionism]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonoutpost.com/?p=5343|title=The era of the Oregon Liberal Republican. Part Two. Senator Mark Hatfield &#124; Oregon Outpost|access-date=July 7, 2017|archive-date=February 25, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250225102849/https://www.oregonoutpost.com/?p=5343|url-status=dead}}</ref> such as military spending and the ban on travel to [[Cuba]], while often siding with them on environmental and conservation issues.<ref name=nyt1/><ref>Safire, William.  [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DB173FF93BA35757C0A965958260&scp=27&sq=%22Mark%20Hatfield%22&st=cse Essay; Not 'Ready to Go'.] ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 8, 1993.</ref> Senator Hatfield supported increased logging on federal lands.<ref>Egan, Timothy. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D81F39F931A1575AC0A966958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2  Administration Offers Plan To Limit Northwest Logging.] ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 22, 1990.</ref><ref>Sleeth, Peter D. Kitzhaber urges Clinton to open timber stands. ''[[The Oregonian]]'', February 22, 1995.</ref> He was the lone Republican to vote against the 1981 fiscal year's appropriations bill for the [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]].<ref>Florio, David H. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1175629 "Elections, Policy Issues, and Research Agendas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031100644/http://www.jstor.org/stable/1175629 |date=2016-10-31 }}. ''Educational Researcher'', Vol. 10, No. 1 (January, 1981), American Educational Research Association. pp. 22-23.</ref> He was rated as the sixth most respected senator in a 1987 survey by fellow senators.<ref>Hibbing, John R. and Sue Thomas. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2131422 "The Modern United States Senate: What is Accorded Respect"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031112242/http://www.jstor.org/stable/2131422 |date=2016-10-31 }}. ''The Journal of Politics'', Vol. 52, No. 1 (February, 1990), Southern Political Science Association. pp. 126-145.</ref> In 1991, Hatfield voted against authorizing military action against [[Iraq]] in the [[Gulf War]], one of only two members of his party to do so in the Senate.<ref name=nyt/><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/12/newsid_4534000/4534588.stm On This Day: 12 January: 1991: US Congress votes for war in Iraq.]  BBC. Retrieved on April 20, 2008.</ref> Most famously, in 1995, Hatfield was the deciding vote against a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Hatfield compared the balanced budget amendment to President Reagan's tax cuts, claiming that both were examples of "imagery versus substance".

====Scandal and rebukes====
Hatfield was sometimes called "Saint Mark" because of his squeaky-clean reputation,<ref name=nyt/> but in 1984 columnist [[Jack Anderson (columnist)|Jack Anderson]] revealed that Hatfield's wife Antoinette, a Washington, D.C., real estate lawyer, had been paid $55,000 by Greek arms dealer [[Basil Tsakos]] in connection with a real estate purchase.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jacob V. |last=Lamar Jr. |title=Oil Slick |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=August 24, 1984 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954333,00.html?promoid=googlep |access-date=April 14, 2007 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930064053/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C954333%2C00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead }}</ref> Tsakos had been lobbying Hatfield, then Appropriations Committee chairman, to support a trans-Africa oil pipeline megaproject.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=An Inquiry Clears Hatfield|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,954391,00.html?iid=chix-sphere|magazine=[[Time Magazine]]|date=October 1, 1984|access-date=April 12, 2007|archive-date=May 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524043637/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C954391%2C00.html?iid=chix-sphere|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Hatfields apologized and donated $55,000 to a Portland hospital.<ref name=elect1990/><ref name=nyt3>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06EED7143BF933A15752C0A963948260&sec=&spon=&scp=60&sq=%22Mark%20Hatfield%22&st=cse Headliners.] ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 20, 1985.</ref> The Senate Ethics Committee investigated and decided to take no action. However, after Hatfield's death, an FBI report released under Freedom of Information law revealed that Tsakos had been indicted for bribery and had offered to plead guilty to lesser charges (though this never occurred), and that the Department of Justice had decided against charging Hatfield in the case.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Oregonian/OregonLive|first=Jeff Mapes {{!}} The|date=2012-06-03|title=Mark Hatfield was named as bribe target in secret 1985 indictment of Greek arms dealer, newly released FBI documents show|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/politics/2012/06/newly_released_fbi_documents_s.html|access-date=2021-03-19|website=oregonlive|language=en}}</ref>

In 1991, it was also revealed that Hatfield had failed to report a number of expensive gifts from the president of the [[University of South Carolina]], [[James B. Holderman]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Richard L.|last=Berke|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE5D9113FF935A35755C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&&scp=3&sq=%22Mark%20Hatfield%22&st=cse|title=For Hatfield, a Shining Image Tarnished by Ethics Charges|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 6, 1991|access-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> Again, he apologized. But the [[United States Senate Select Committee on Ethics|Senate Ethics Committee]] rebuked Hatfield for the latter act.<ref name=record/><ref name=nyt3/>

Hatfield received another rebuke from the Senate after the Ethics Committee investigated two gifts that he had received in the form of forgiven loans from a former congressman and a California businessman.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zusman|first1=Mark|title=Mark Hatfield, 89, Dies. Lion of Oregon Politics|url=http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-25251-mark_hatfield_89_dies_lion_of_oregon_politics.html|access-date=11 October 2014|newspaper=Willamette Week|date=7 August 2011|archive-date=8 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008184410/http://www.wweek.com/portland/blog-25251-mark_hatfield_89_dies_lion_of_oregon_politics.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Mark O. Hatfield Research Center.jpg|thumb|right|Mark O. Hatfield Research Center at OHSU]]
His final re-election campaign came in [[United States Senate election in Oregon, 1990|1990]] against businessman [[Harry Lonsdale]].<ref name=elect1990>Oreskes, Michael. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEED91E3DF930A15753C1A966958260&sec=&spon=&&scp=9&sq=%22Mark%20Hatfield%22&st=cse  'Anti-Incumbent Fever' Threatens Oregon Senator.] ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 23, 1990.</ref> Lonsdale aggressively went after Hatfield with [[negative campaigning|television attack ads]] that attacked Hatfield as out of touch on issues such as abortion and timber management and accused the incumbent of being too closely allied with special interest groups in Washington. Lonsdale's tactics moved him even with, and then ahead of Hatfield in some polls.<ref name=walth>{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PAIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=5596%2C4757872
|title=Hatfield shifts gears in race
|newspaper=[[The Register-Guard]]
|date=October 21, 1990
|last=Walth
|first=Brent
|access-date=March 31, 2011
}}</ref> Hatfield, who had typically stayed above the fray of negative campaigning, responded in kind with attack ads of his own.<ref name=walth/> He raised $1&nbsp;million in a single month after trailing Lonsdale in the polls before the November election.<ref name=retire/> He defeated the Democrat with 590,095 (53.7&nbsp;percent) votes to 507,743 (46.2&nbsp;percent) votes.<ref>Leip, David. [http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1990&fips=41&f=0&off=3&elect=0 1990 Senatorial General Election Results - Oregon.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112113419/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1990&fips=41&f=0&off=3&elect=0 |date=2008-11-12 }} Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved on April 1, 2008.</ref>

====Length of service====
In 1993, he became the longest-serving senator from Oregon, surpassing the record of 9,726&nbsp;days in office previously held by [[Charles McNary]].<ref name=record>{{cite news|first=Roberta|last=Ultich|title=Hatfield chalks up yet another mark|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|date=August 26, 1993}}</ref> In 1995, Hatfield was the only Republican in the Senate to vote against the proposed [[balanced budget amendment]], and was the deciding vote that prevented the passage of the bill.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jessica|last=Estepa|url=http://www.rollcall.com/news/hatfield_remembered_for_vote_against_amendment-208068-1.html|title=Hatfield Remembered for Vote Against Balanced Budget Amendment|publisher=Roll Call|date=8 August 2011|access-date=25 November 2015|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125061134/http://www.rollcall.com/news/hatfield_remembered_for_vote_against_amendment-208068-1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1996 the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, a group he served on previously, granted him their Distinguished Service Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.archives.gov/files/nhprc/annotation/1996/1996-aug.pdf |work=Annotation |issn=0160-8460 |title=Hatfield Receives 1996 NHPRC Distinguished Service Award |author=The National Historical Publications and Records Commission |date=August 1996 |page=2 |access-date=2018-05-29 |archive-date=2017-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170719182955/https://www.archives.gov/files/nhprc/annotation/1996/1996-aug.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hatfield retired in 1996, having never lost an election in 46 years and 11 campaigns as an elected official.<ref>{{cite web |title=Former U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield to help guide OHSU as member of its governing board |publisher=Oregon Historical Society |date=February 24, 2000 |url=http://www.ohsu.edu/unparchive/2000/022400hatfield.html |access-date=April 13, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805145634/http://www.ohsu.edu/unparchive/2000/022400hatfield.html |archive-date=August 5, 2012 }}</ref> During his tenure he gained billions of dollars in the form of federal appropriations for projects in Oregon.<ref name=record/> This included funding for transportation projects,<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve|last=Law|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1996/09/16/story4.html?page=1|title=Hatfield delivers on local project funds|newspaper=[[Portland Business Journal]]|date=September 13, 1996|access-date=May 7, 2008|archive-date=August 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090821021654/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/1996/09/16/story4.html?page=1|url-status=live}}</ref> environmental protection of wilderness areas and scenic rivers,<ref name=nyt1/> facilities for research on [[AIDS]], [[Alzheimer's disease]], and [[Parkinson's disease]] and health care facilities.<ref name=nyt/>

==Later years and legacy==
[[File:Mark Hatfield NIH 2004.jpg|thumb|left|Hatfield in 2004]]
After retiring from political office, he returned to Oregon and teaching, joining the faculty of [[George Fox University]] in [[Newberg, Oregon]].<ref name=teaching/> In 2006, he was named the Herbert Hoover [[Emeritus]] Distinguished Professor of Politics at the school. Additionally, he taught at the [[Mark O. Hatfield School of Government|Hatfield School of Government]] at [[Portland State University]], which is named in his honor, and lectured at [[Willamette University]] and [[Lewis & Clark College]] while living in Portland.<ref name=teaching/>

In July 1999, Hatfield and his wife were passengers on a tour bus when a car collided with the bus.<ref name=bus>Walth, Brent and Jonathan Nelson. Deadly accident drives Hatfields to campaign for bus seat belts... ''[[The Oregonian]]'', July 30, 1999.</ref> They received only minor injuries, but the experience led them to advocate for seat belts to be required on buses.<ref name=bus/>

[[File:WillametteUniversityStream.jpg|thumb|right|Mark O. Hatfield Library at Willamette University]]

Numerous buildings, organizations, awards, and outdoor areas have been named in honor of Hatfield. These include:
* The [[Mark O. Hatfield Library]] at Willamette University
*Awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) degree from [[Whittier College]] in 1963.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|title=Honorary Degrees {{!}} Whittier College|website=www.whittier.edu|access-date=2019-12-06|archive-date=2018-09-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910152705/https://www.whittier.edu/alumni/poetnation/honorary|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Awarded an honorary degree from [[Linfield College]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.linfield.edu/hatfield-documentary/|title=OPB to air Hatfield documentary by Linfield alumni team {{!}} Linfield College|website=news.linfield.edu|date=15 January 2015 |access-date=2023-10-20|archive-date=2023-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020220904/https://news.linfield.edu/hatfield-documentary/%7Curl-status%3Dlive%7D%7D}}</ref>
* [[Hatfield Marine Science Center]] at [[Oregon State University]] 
* Hatfield School of Government at [[Portland State University]]
* The [[Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research Center]] at the [[National Institutes of Health]] in [[Bethesda, Maryland]]<ref>{{cite news|title=Personnel; New U.S. National Institutes of Health center named for Mark Hatfield|date=October 17, 2004|work=Health Insurance Week|pages=69}}</ref>
* Mark O. Hatfield Research Center at [[Oregon Health & Science University]] (OHSU)<ref>{{cite web |title=Mark O. Hatfield Research Center {{!}} OHSU |url=https://www.ohsu.edu/visit/mark-o-hatfield-research-center}}</ref>
* The [[Mark O. Hatfield Wilderness]] 
* Mark O. Hatfield Institute for International Understanding at [[Southwestern Oregon Community College]]
* [[Hatfield Government Center (MAX station)|Hatfield Government Center station]] at the western terminus of the [[MAX Blue Line]] [[light rail]] in [[Hillsboro, Oregon|Hillsboro]]
* [[Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse]] in [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]]
* The Mark Hatfield trailhead at the western end of the [[Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail]] in the [[Columbia River Gorge]];
* The Mark Hatfield Award for clinical research in Alzheimer's disease<ref>[http://www.alz.org/professionals_and_researchers_mark_hatfield_award.asp Mark Hatfield Award.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406082236/http://www.alz.org/professionals_and_researchers_mark_hatfield_award.asp |date=2008-04-06 }} Alzheimer's Association. Retrieved on March 3, 2008.</ref> 
* The Mark O. Hatfield Leadership Award presented by the [[Council for Christian Colleges and Universities]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cccu.org/about/awards|title=Council for Christian Colleges & Universities - CCCU Awards|website=www.cccu.org|access-date=2017-05-25|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219140919/http://www.cccu.org/about/awards|archive-date=2010-02-19}}</ref>
* The Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum, speaker series presented by the [[Oregon Historical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ohs.org/events/hatfield-historians-forum.cfm|title=Mark O. Hatfield Distinguished Historians Forum|website=Oregon Historical Society|access-date=2017-05-25|archive-date=2017-08-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823063718/http://www.ohs.org/events/hatfield-historians-forum.cfm|url-status=live}}</ref>

From February 2000 to May 2008 Hatfield served on the board of directors for Oregon Health & Science University.<ref>{{cite web|title=Executive Order No. 08-12: Designating the Mark O. Hatfield Chair of the Oregon Health & Science University Board of Directors|publisher=Office of the Governor, State of Oregon|date=May 23, 2008|url=http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo0812.pdf|access-date=May 29, 2018|archive-date=August 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812052810/http://www.oregon.gov/gov/Documents/executive_orders/eo0812.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> His papers and book collection are stored in the Willamette University Archives and Special Collections, inside the Mark O. Hatfield Library.<ref>Cowan, Ron. Willamette University's first archivist puts a face on history ''[[Statesman Journal]]'', September 19, 2007.</ref> Senator Hatfield merited his own chapter in [[Tom Brokaw]]'s ''The Greatest Generation''.<ref>Brokaw, Tom. [https://books.google.com/books?id=rQagD17IFS4C&q=mark+hatfield ''The Greatest Generation''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522162531/https://books.google.com/books?ei=VTMiSMvkB5votQPj-rHADQ&client=firefox-a&id=rQagD17IFS4C&dq=mark+hatfield+tom+brokaw&q=mark+hatfield&pgis=1#search |date=2016-05-22 }} New York: Random House, 1998. p. 333.</ref>

In 2014, a 90-minute documentary about Hatfield's life and career called ''The Gentleman of the Senate: Oregon's Mark Hatfield'' was released.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4629918/|title=The Gentleman of the Senate: Oregon's Mark Hatfield (2014)|website=IMDB|date=7 September 2014|access-date=May 25, 2017|archive-date=February 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170212202625/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4629918/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Mapes, Jeff.{{cite news |title=Mark Hatfield documentary in the works |work=www.OregonLive.com |date=June 14, 2010 |url=http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/06/mark_hatfield_documentary_in_t.html |access-date=July 12, 2010 |archive-date=June 16, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616125140/http://blog.oregonlive.com/mapesonpolitics/2010/06/mark_hatfield_documentary_in_t.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Hatfield was admitted to the Mark O. Hatfield Clinical Research hospital at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland in November 2010 for observation after his health began to decline.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|title=Former Sen. Mark Hatfield now in NIH hospital unit named for him|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/11/former_sen_mark_hatfield_now_i.html|access-date=August 8, 2011|newspaper=The Oregonian|date=November 24, 2010|archive-date=November 27, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127025817/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/11/former_sen_mark_hatfield_now_i.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Mark Hatfield died at a care facility in Portland on August 7, 2011, after several years of illness. A specific cause of death was not immediately given.<ref name="died tonight">{{cite news|last=Mapes|first=Jeff|title=Mark O. Hatfield, former Oregon governor and senator, died tonight|date=August 7, 2011|newspaper=[[The Oregonian]]|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/mark_o_hatfield_former_oregon.html|access-date=August 7, 2011|archive-date=September 17, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917185420/http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/08/mark_o_hatfield_former_oregon.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=nyt_8-8-11>{{cite news|last=Clymer|first=Adam|title=Mark O. Hatfield, Republican Champion of Liberal Causes, Dies at 89|date=August 8, 2011|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/us/politics/08hatfield.html|access-date=August 8, 2011|archive-date=September 21, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921024115/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/08/us/politics/08hatfield.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Works authored==
A selection of items Hatfield authored or contributed to:<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMark+O+Hatfield&qt=hot_author Search results for 'au:Mark O Hatfield'.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820111944/http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AMark+O+Hatfield&qt=hot_author |date=2018-08-20 }} WorldCat. Retrieved on June 17, 2008.</ref>

===Author===
*''Not Quite So Simple'' (1968), {{OCLC|439212}}
*''Conflict and Conscience'' (1971), {{ISBN|0-87680-811-9}}
*''Between a Rock and a Hard Place'' (1976), {{ISBN|0-87680-427-X}}
*''Against the Grain: Reflections of a Rebel Republican'' (2000), {{ISBN|1-883991-36-6}}

===Contributor===
*''Amnesty?: The Unsettled Question of Vietnam'' (1973), {{ISBN|0-8467-0000-X}}
*''Social Power and Political Freedom'' (1980), {{ISBN|0-87558-093-9}} (introduction)
*''Freeze! How You Can Help Prevent Nuclear War'' (1982), {{ISBN|0-553-14077-9}} (with [[Ted Kennedy|Edward Kennedy]])
*''Real Christianity'' (1982), {{ISBN|1-55661-832-8}} (introduction)
*''What About the Russians: A Christian Approach to US-Soviet Conflict'' (1984), {{ISBN|0-87178-751-2}}
*''Vice Presidents of the United States: 1789-1993'' (1997), {{ISBN|0-614-31201-9}} (editor)

==See also==
* [[List of federal political scandals in the United States]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110924174434/http://www.willamette.edu/people/hatfield/index.html Hatfield tribute page] from Willamette University
*[https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/Pages/records/governors_guides.aspx Hatfield Records] from the [[Oregon State Archives]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160509054756/http://oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/historical-records/mark-o-hatfield-b-1922/ Mark O. Hatfield (1922–2011)] from the [[Oregon Historical Society]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080514225718/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/h000343/ Hatfield voting record] from the ''[[Washington Post]]''
*[http://www.georgefox.edu/featured_stories/hatfield/ Hatfield retrospective] from George Fox University
* {{C-SPAN|2579}}

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