The late Sen. Orrin Hatch lay in state in the Utah Capitol rotunda on Wednesday. He is only the fifth to have the honor and the first federally elected Utah official.
The late Sen. Orrin Hatch lay in state in the Utah Capitol rotunda on Wednesday. He is only the fifth to have the honor and the first federally elected Utah official.
The late Sen. Orrin Hatch is lying in state in the Utah Capitol rotunda. The longest-running Republican senator and the longest-running from Utah is only the fifth to have the honor, and the first federally elected Utah official.
Retired Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, the longest serving Republican senator in U.S. history, died April 23, 2022, at age 88. Hatch was first elected in 1976 and served 42 years in the Senate until retiring after his seventh term in 2019.