Clifford Hansen

Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th Governor of Wyoming and subsequently as a United States senator. 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.

16 October 1912

Born on the same birth day (16 October): Andrei Chikatilo • Angry Grandpa • Bill McLaren • Chris Doleman • Ernst Kuzorra • Fred Turner (musician) • Frédéric Michalak • Gasparo Contarini • Geoff Barnett (footballer) • Loreen • Marin Alsop • Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa • Michael Laffy • Noah Webster • Oscar Wilde • Paul Sparks • Philip Maini • Roger Hawkins (drummer) • Tim McCarver • William Buell Sprague • William O. Douglas

Born in the same month (October 1912): Abdelkader Ben Bouali • Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax • Cornel Wilde • Fritz Fischer (medical doctor) • Minnie Pearl • Muhammad Shamsul Huq • Murray Golden • Nellie Lutcher • October 2 • Pope John Paul I • Ram Vilas Sharma • Richard Doll