orrin hatch spent more than four decades crafting a legacy of unwavering conservative ideals. grandson of mormon settlers, hatch grew up in a poor mill town outside of pittsburgh. tragedy struck his life early when his older brother died in world war ii. i got a white streak in my hair right here because it it just affected me so drastically. reporter: in the late 60s, hatch moved to ut where he practiced law and raised a family. in 1976, he won seat to the u.s. senate arguing the incumbent three-term senator had served too long but that first term turned into a lifelong career and the senate he said into something of a family. we may get very partisan time to time. we may get irritated with each other. we may scream and shout. but, you know, we look towards the person. we looking for somebody who is a member of the family. reporter: over his seven terms in the senate, hatch favored corporate-tax cuts,
we re so glad to have you with us here. former utah senator orrin hatch has passed away. hatch left washington in 2019 after he served in the senate for 42 years. cnn s ryan nobles has a look back at his long career in politics. did you solemnly swear reporter: he was one of the longest serving republican senators in the chamber s history. orrin hatch spent more than four decades crafting a legacy of unwavering conservative ideals. the grandson of mormon settlers, hatch grew up in a poor mill town outside of pittsburgh. tragedy struck his life early when his older brother died in world war ii. i got a white streak in my hair right here because it just affected me so drastically. reporter: in the late 60s, hatch moved to utah where he