22 Facts About Clifford Hansen

Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming.

Clifford Hansen was a county commissioner in Jackson, the seat of Teton County in northwestern Wyoming.

Clifford Hansen was the son of Sylvia Irene and Peter Christofferson Hansen.

Peter Clifford Hansen, who had some college training, was a "practical" engineer who did surveying and ditch work on ranch lands.

Clifford Hansen grew up in Jackson Hole, a town in a high-mountain valley that includes Grand Teton National Park.

Clifford Hansen obtained his bachelor's degree in animal science from UW in 1934.

Clifford Hansen was a UW trustee from 1946 to 1966 and the trustee board president from 1955 until 1962, when he resigned to run for governor.

Clifford Hansen won the governorship in the 1962 mid-term elections by 10,000 votes.

Clifford Hansen unseated the Democrat Jack R Gage, who had served fewer than two years.

Clifford Hansen won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote.

Clifford Hansen received 63,548 votes to Roncalio's 59,141.

In 1972, Clifford Hansen was reelected to the Senate over Democrat Mike Vinich: 101,314 votes to 40,753.

Clifford Hansen voted against sending the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the states for their consideration.

Clifford Hansen opposed the Nixon administration's deployment of the anti-ballistic missile, a position which put him at odds with then Defense Secretary Melvin R Laird.

Clifford Hansen voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 and the confirmation of Thurgood Marshall to the US Supreme Court.

In 1976, Hansen supported the nomination and run for election of President Gerald R Ford Jr.

Clifford Hansen retired from the Senate in 1978, when he declined to run for a third term.

Clifford Hansen moved back to Jackson and served on the Senate Finance Committee under chairman Russell B Long.

Clifford Hansen was a dear and special man who gave much and asked [for] very little, and fought on always with integrity, courage, and an uncommon degree of common sense.

In 1934, Clifford Hansen married the former Martha Close, who was raised in Sheridan, Wyoming.

Clifford Hansen came within fourteen votes of being one of the three nominees from which Governor Freudenthal would make the final selection to fill the Thomas vacancy until the 2008 general election.

In 2006, Clifford Hansen said in an interview that he and his wife were in "pretty good health" considering their ages, though he had vision difficulties; so they had retained a driver.