Hatch, Orrin, 1934-

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Orrin Grant Hatch (born March 22, 1934) is an American attorney, retired politician, and composer. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a United States Senator from Utah from 1977 to 2019. He is the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history and the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Utah.

Born in Homestead Park, Pennsylvania, he received early education in the public schools of Pittsburgh before earning a B.A. from Brigham Young University and a J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. After graduation, Hatch worked as an attorney in Pittsburgh and moved to Utah in 1969, where he continued to practice law. In 1976, in his first run for public office, Hatch was elected to the United States Senate. Running on the promise of term limits, he defeated three-term incumbent Democrat Frank Moss. Hatch would go on to be re-elected six times, announcing in early 2018 that he would not seek re-election to an eighth term.

Hatch currently holds the distinction of having passed more legislation than any other Senator alive today. In so doing, he earned a reputation as one of the most effective and bipartisan lawmakers of all time. In total, he sponsored or cosponsored more than 750 bills that became law. Throughout his service, Senator Hatch had the distinction of serving in numerous leadership positions. He was one of only a few Senators in history to serve as Chairman of three major Senate Committees: the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee (now called the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, 1981-1987), the Senate Judiciary Committee (1995-2001; 2001; 2003-2005), and the Senate Finance Committee (2015-2019). In addition to his formal leadership positions, Senator Hatch was long regarded as among the nation’s elder statesmen who—even before election by his colleagues as President pro tempore of the Senate—played a prominent role in revitalizing the Senate’s historic traditions, safeguarding its rules and precedents, and defending its institutional prerogatives.

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creatorOf CR 607 1, Richards, LeGrand 1886-1983. LeGrand Richards files 1914-1981 (bulk 1952-1980) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Photographs of the White House Photograph Office (Clinton Administration). 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. Photographs Relating to the Clinton Administration. 1/20/1993 - 1/20/2001. Photograph of President William J. Clinton Signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act on the South Lawn at the White House William J. Clinton Presidential Library & Museum
referencedIn Hatch family papers, 1977-2008 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
referencedIn Records of Organizations in the Executive Office of the President. 1963 - 2001. Moving Images Relating to Drug Control Policy During the Administration of President George H. W. Bush National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Burkhalter, Thomas H., 1930-. Oral history interview with Thomas H. Burkhalter, [sound recording], 1996. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center
creatorOf Hatch, Orrin, 1934-. Speech and interview, 1980. Harold B. Lee Library
creatorOf Scott, Hugh, 1900-1994. Papers of Hugh Scott [manuscript], 1944-1981. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hatch, Orrin G. Orrin G. Hatch reports to Utah: newsletter. Utah Division of State History, Utah Historical Society
referencedIn Papers, (inclusive), (bulk), 1939-2004, 1955-1989 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Byrd, Harry Flood, 1914-. Harry Flood Byrd, Jr. papers, [1920?], 1960, 1966, 1982-2005. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Hatch, Orrin, 1934-. Orrin Hatch : commercials, 1982-1988. University of Oklahoma, Political Community Archives
referencedIn MS 16608, Anderson, Gary Nathan 1947-. Gary N. Anderson papers 1996-1999 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Church History Library
referencedIn Records of the Office of Technology Assessment. 1980 - 6/30/1993. Moving Images Related to Congressional Scientific and Technical Studies National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Shea, Pat. The Pat Shea papers. 1976-1994. University of Utah, J. Willard Marriott Library
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Theodore Milton Wassmer papers, 1998-2006 L. Tom Perry Special Collections
creatorOf Hatch, Orrin, 1934-. Orrin Hatch papers, 1982. Harold B. Lee Library
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Salt Lake City UT US
Provo UT US
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Composers
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Birth 1934-03-22

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