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HATCH, Orrin Grant (1934-2022)
Republican of Utah
0th congressional district
Served in Senate 1977-2019
Total roll-call votes cast: 14,594
Official Website
@OrrinHatch
Biography
A Senator from Utah; born in Homestead Park, Allegheny County, Pa., March 22, 1934; received early education in the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pa.; graduated, Brigham Young University 1959; graduated, University of Pittsburgh Law School 1962; admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1963 and commenced practice in Pittsburgh; moved to Utah in 1969 and continued practicing law; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1976; reelected in 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006, and again in 2012, and served from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 2019; president pro tempore (2015-2019); chair, Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Ninety-seventh to Ninety-ninth Congresses), Committee on the Judiciary (One Hundred Fourth to One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001], One Hundred Eighth Congress), Committee on Finance (One Hundred Fourteenth and One Hundred Fifteenth Congresses); was not a candidate for reelection to the Senate in 2018; awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 16, 2018; was a resident of Salt Lake City, Utah, until his death on April 23, 2022; interment in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Cache County, Utah.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
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