Photos: Sen. Orrin Hatch through the years (1934-2022)
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.
FILE - In this Sept. 15, 1982, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, addresses a group from the Alliance of Metalworking industries on the steps of the Capitol in Washington. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/File)
FILE - In this Sept. 28, 1984, file photo, U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs S. 2155, the Utah Wilderness Act of 1984 in the White House Oval Office in Washington as Utah Senator Orrin Hatch looks on. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
FILE - In this Jan. 3, 1983, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, takes the oath of office of the U.S. Senate from Vice President George Bush as his wife Elaine looks on during the reenactment ceremony in the old Senate Chambers on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this June 11, 1981, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., do some finger-pointing before a press conference at the Capitol by members of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee in Washington. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
FILE - In this June 22, 1989, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, talks with former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali during the Pediatrics AIDS Foundation benefit gala in Washington. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Jeff Markowitz, File)
FILE - In this March 12, 1993, file photo, President Bill Clinton huddles with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., after the swearing in of Attorney General Janet Reno at the White House in Washington. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma, File)
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama shakes hands with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-SC., after signing the Fair Sentencing Act, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington. From left are, Attorney General Eric Holder, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, in Washington. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File )
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2003, file photo President George W. Bush greets applauding Congressional leaders as he signs into law the Medicare prescription drug benefit at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall in Washington. From left to right: Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Bill Frist, R-Tenn., Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., President Bush, and Sen. John Breaux, D-La., partially obscured, and House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 14, 1995, file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, holds a Ted Williams model "Thumper" baseball bat while Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., right, stands next to him on during a Capitol Hill news conference to announce the introduction of legislation to partially repealing professional baseball's antitrust exemption. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/John Duricka, File)
FILE - In this April 26, 2014, file photo, U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, addresses a crowd during the Utah Republican Party nominating convention in Sandy, Utah. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, waves after addresses the Utah Senate while Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, looks on at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
File - In this Dec. 4, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump, center, hands a pen to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, after signing a proclamation to shrink the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante national monuments at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2018, file photo, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, looks on during a visit to Utah Senate, at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City. Hatch is ending his tenure as the longest-serving Republican senator in history, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, capping a unique career that positioned him as one of the most prominent conservative voices in the United States. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)