NPR: Mark Hatfield https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=139085839 Mark Hatfield en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:48:17 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: Mark Hatfield https://www.npr.org/tags/139085839/mark-hatfield Mark Hatfield Dead At 89; Former GOP Senate Moderate Defied Party The death at age 89 of Mark Hatfield, the former U.S. senator from Oregon and moderate Republican who repeatedly challenged his party's orthodoxy, is a reminder of how hard it can be in American politics to think and act independently. Mon, 08 Aug 2011 10:46:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/08/08/139083543/mark-hatfield-dead-at-89-former-gop-senate-moderate-defied-party https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2011/08/08/139083543/mark-hatfield-dead-at-89-former-gop-senate-moderate-defied-party The death at age 89 of Mark Hatfield, the former U.S. senator from Oregon and moderate Republican who repeatedly challenged his party's orthodoxy, is a reminder of how hard it can be in American politics to think and act independently.

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