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Clifford Hansen

Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (died 2009)

Born
October 16, 1912
Died
October 20, 2009
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1912

About Clifford Hansen

Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th governor of Wyoming from 1963 to 1967 and subsequently as a United States senator from 1967 to 1978. He served as a member of the board of trustees from 1946–1966 to his alma mater, the University of Wyoming located in Laramie. He was also a county commissioner in Jackson, the seat of Teton County in 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. Hansen won the governorship in the 1962 mid-term elections by 10,000 votes. First, Hansen won the GOP primary over two opponents with 57 percent of the ballots. He won that election with just under 52 percent of the vote.

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The world when Clifford Hansen was born

Clifford Hansen was born in 1912. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1912

  • Best-selling book"The Harvester" – Gene Stratton-Porter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe wins two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics
  • Top headlineRMS Titanic sinks on maiden voyage — 1,500+ die
  • Technology milestoneFirst parachute jump from an airplane
  • World population~1.72B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population94.6M

1912 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Clifford Hansen's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19122026
Population94.6M341 million

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