Posted on Apr 24, 2022
Orrin Hatch, longtime Republican Utah senator, dies at 88
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Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history as he represented Utah for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88.
His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. He launched the Hatch Foundation as he retired in 2019 and was replaced by Republican Mitt Romney.
A conservative on most economic and social issues, he nonetheless teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem cell research to rights for people with disabilities to expanding children's health insurance. He also formed friendships across the aisle, particularly with the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
"He exemplified a generation of lawmakers brought up on the principles of comity and compromise, and he embodied those principles better than anyone," said Hatch Foundation chairman A. Scott Anderson in a statement. "In a nation divided, Orrin Hatch helped show us a better way by forging meaningful friendships on both sides of the aisle. Today, more than ever, we would do well to follow his example."
Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history as he represented Utah for more than four decades, died Saturday at age 88.
His death was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. He launched the Hatch Foundation as he retired in 2019 and was replaced by Republican Mitt Romney.
A conservative on most economic and social issues, he nonetheless teamed with Democrats several times during his long career on issues ranging from stem cell research to rights for people with disabilities to expanding children's health insurance. He also formed friendships across the aisle, particularly with the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy.
"He exemplified a generation of lawmakers brought up on the principles of comity and compromise, and he embodied those principles better than anyone," said Hatch Foundation chairman A. Scott Anderson in a statement. "In a nation divided, Orrin Hatch helped show us a better way by forging meaningful friendships on both sides of the aisle. Today, more than ever, we would do well to follow his example."
Orrin Hatch, longtime Republican Utah senator, dies at 88
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."“Senator Orrin G. Hatch personified the American Dream,” Matt Sandgren, executive director of the Hatch Foundation, said in a statement. “Born the son of a carpenter and plaster lather, he overcame the poverty of his youth to become a United States Senator.”
Hatch was also the longest-serving U.S. senator in Utah history. He was first elected in 1976 and announced his retirement in January 2018.
He referred to his past as an amateur boxer in making the announcement, saying in a video: "Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. And for me that time is soon approaching.”
President Joe Biden, who served with Hatch for more than three decades, said he "was, quite simply, an American original."
"He was the fighter who carried with him the memory of his humble upbringing near Pittsburgh, who never humored a bully, or shied from a challenge," Biden said in a statement Sunday. "The young man who, upon receiving his degree from Brigham Young University, was the first in his family to graduate college; the young lawyer who built a successful law practice; and the Senator who sprinted from meeting to meeting because there was so much to do — indeed, when Senator Hatch retired, he had sponsored or co-sponsored more legislation than any Senator at the time."
Hatch was born in Homestead Park, Pennsylvania, in 1934.
Raised in what he’s called “a ramshackle house” during the Great Depression, Hatch went on to serve as chairman of three different Senate committees and put his stamp on major pieces of legislation across the policy spectrum.
Hatch graduated from Brigham Young University in 1959 with a bachelor's in history, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. He moved to Utah in 1969.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tweeted that “Utah mourns with the Hatch family.”
"His legacy of public service truly made a difference in our state and nation," Cox, a Republican, wrote."...
..."“Senator Orrin G. Hatch personified the American Dream,” Matt Sandgren, executive director of the Hatch Foundation, said in a statement. “Born the son of a carpenter and plaster lather, he overcame the poverty of his youth to become a United States Senator.”
Hatch was also the longest-serving U.S. senator in Utah history. He was first elected in 1976 and announced his retirement in January 2018.
He referred to his past as an amateur boxer in making the announcement, saying in a video: "Every good fighter knows when to hang up the gloves. And for me that time is soon approaching.”
President Joe Biden, who served with Hatch for more than three decades, said he "was, quite simply, an American original."
"He was the fighter who carried with him the memory of his humble upbringing near Pittsburgh, who never humored a bully, or shied from a challenge," Biden said in a statement Sunday. "The young man who, upon receiving his degree from Brigham Young University, was the first in his family to graduate college; the young lawyer who built a successful law practice; and the Senator who sprinted from meeting to meeting because there was so much to do — indeed, when Senator Hatch retired, he had sponsored or co-sponsored more legislation than any Senator at the time."
Hatch was born in Homestead Park, Pennsylvania, in 1934.
Raised in what he’s called “a ramshackle house” during the Great Depression, Hatch went on to serve as chairman of three different Senate committees and put his stamp on major pieces of legislation across the policy spectrum.
Hatch graduated from Brigham Young University in 1959 with a bachelor's in history, and a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. He moved to Utah in 1969.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox tweeted that “Utah mourns with the Hatch family.”
"His legacy of public service truly made a difference in our state and nation," Cox, a Republican, wrote."...
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