death_date children birth_date birthname term_end death_place imagesize profession footnotes order term_start spouse image resting_place predecessor birth_place jr/sr party office state successor religion article_title
20 october 2009 mary elisabeth hansen mead -lrb- 1935-1996 -rrb- 16 october 1912 clifford peter hansen january 2 , 1967 december 31 , 1978 jackson , teton county wyoming 154px rancher during the state capitol in hansen 's honor , then wyoming dedication secretary of state joseph b. meyer said , `` cliff in hansen is the epitome of listen to the facts , 2005 get the show on the road , and get it of done . '' a bronze calf at 26th january 7 , 1963 january 3 , 1967 martha close hansen -lrb- married 1934-his death -rrb- clifford_hansen . jpg cremated jackson , wyoming remains at st. john 's episcopal church in jack r. gage milward l. simpson teton county , wyoming , usa united states senator republican governor of wyoming wyoming stanley k. hathaway alan k. simpson episcopalian clifford hansen

clifford hansen

clifford peter hansen -lrb- october 16 , 1912october 20 , 2009 -rrb- was a american politician from the state of wyoming .
a republican , he served as the 26th governor of wyoming -lrb- january 7 , 1963 -- january 2 , 1967 -rrb- and subsequently as a united states senator -lrb- january 3 , 1967 -- december 31 , 1978 -rrb- .
earlier , he was the president of the board of trustees of his `` alma mater '' , the university of wyoming at laramie in albany county , then the state 's only four-year institution of higher learning .
he was also a county commissioner in jackson , the seat of teton county in far northwestern wyoming .
before his death on october 20 , 2009 , he was the oldest living former u.s. senator as well as the third oldest living former u.s. governor .
