(b.July 12, 1922), a U.S. Senator from Oregon, was elected 1967. He was Governor of Oregon, 1959–67; Secretary of State of Oregon, 1957–59; Oregon State Senator, 1955–57; and Oregon State Representative, 1951–55.
While a member of the 100th Congress, he supported President Ronald Reagan’s signing of Public Law 100–307, January 25, 1988, setting aside the first Thursday of each May to celebrate a National Day of Prayer. Senator Mark Hatfield asserted:
For the Christian man to reason that God does not want him involved in politics because there are too many evil men in government is as insensitive as for a Christian doctor to turn his back on an epidemic because there are too many germs there.3817