Mark Odom Hatfield (July 12, 1922-August 7, 2011) 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.> 1922MH001
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1922MH001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Mark Hatfield, U.S. Senator, "How Can a Christian Be in Politics?", Robert G. Clouse, Robert Linder and Richard V. Pierard, eds., Protest and Politics: Christianity and Contemporary Affairs (Greenwood, SC: Attic Press, 1968), pp. 13-14. John Eidsmoe, God & Caesar-Christian Faith & Political Action (Westchester, IL: Crossway Books, a Division of Good News Publishers, 1984), p. 57.