Orrin Grant Hatch is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States Senator from Utah, first elected to that seat in 1976. He is the longest-serving Republican U.S. Senator in history. Along with Patrick Leahy from Vermont, he is one of only two sitting U.S. Senators to have served during the presidency of Gerald Ford; he is also one of two remaining Republican U.S. Senators, along with Chuck Grassley from Iowa, to have served during the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
Hatch served as either the Chair or ranking minority member of the Senate Judiciary Committee from 1993 to 2005. He previously chaired the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions from 1981 to 1987. As of 2018, Hatch serves as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
On January 6, 2015, after the 114th United States Congress was sworn in, Hatch became President pro tempore of the Senate. On January 2, 2018, Hatch announced that he would retire from the Senate and that he would not seek re-election in November.
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