Each Friday, the Salt Lake Tribune presents historical images in a special series called "A Look Back." This week's installment features photos spanning the career of Sen. Orrin Hatch.
Every gallery of the series is available at www.sltrib.com/topics/lookback.
Senate Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, uses a cellphone camera as Chief Justice nominee John Roberts testifies at his confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Sen. Orrin Hatch described his disappointment with the Obama administration during the Tea Party Express rally held in the Draper Amphitheatre Sunday evening with Tea Party leaders and Gov. Gary Herbert. Stephen Holt/Special to the Tribune
Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune U. S. Senator Orrin Hatch was given an honorary degrees during the undergraduate ceremony at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan, Saturday, May 4, 2013.
Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune Senator Orrin Hatch is interviewed on a local Salt Lake TV news program at the GOP headquarters, Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Sen. Diane Feinstein, D-Calif., left, shares a laugh with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah., second from right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill, Thursday, March 13, 2003 to urge the House to pass Amber Alert legislation. Also participating in the news conference is Sen. Peter Fitzgerald, R-Ill., Sen. Mary Landrieu, R-La., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., right. Elizabeth Smart's father said Thursday that Congress should pass a national Amber Alert bill, and he accused a Republican leader of hurting children by trying to use the measure to pass other legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, center right, arrives in Salt Lake City on Friday, June 8, 2012, during a campaign stop fund-raiser and to do a grip-and-grin for Sen. Orrin Hatch.
Taylorsville, Utah--8/27/2005-- Senator Orrin Hatch, left, talks with Dave Hansen back stage before Hatch's speech before the Utah Republican Party Convention held at Salt Lake Community College Saturday afternoon. *********************************** The Utah Republican Party holds its state convention. Chris; here's the deal: When you get there, immediately try to locate Joe Cannon (not his brother Chris), Orrin Hatch, and Steve Urquhart . Use your first hour or so trying to make some nice photos of these guys schmoozing or whatever they do. Some may be speaking, some may just be working the room, and shaking hands. Once you feel you have some nice stuff on these three either separately or with each other (if that occurs) give Matt Canham a call on his cell. Some other storylines may have surfaced by then. Matt is reachable at: 243-8238. Also while getting a feel for this place, if a nice scene-setter kind of photo presents itself, make that too. -scott Photo By: Chris Detrick /Salt Lake Tribune File Number: 816G9060
Tribune file photo Sen. Orrin Hatch and Pres. Ronald Reagan in 1982.
Bill co-sponsors Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., listen as President Barack Obama speaks before signing the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act at the SEED School of Washington, a public boarding school that serves inner-city students facing problems in both the classroom and at home, as Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., former President Bill Clinton, and Rosalyn Carter look on in Washington, Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
FILE - In this April 16, 2010, file photo Senate Judiciary Committee member Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Monday, June 28, the committee convenes to consider giving President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Elena Kagan, a lifetime appointment as a justice. Hatch has twice served as committee chairman and participated in hearings for 13 high court nominees, beginning with O'Connor. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate Historical Office Sen. Orrin Hatch speaks at one of his first Senate hearings. Right from the start, he was active on labor and judicial issues.
Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, President Barack Obama's choice to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens, meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, as Kagan makes the rounds with Senate leaders and Judiciary Committee members on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. (J. Scott Applewhite/The Associated Press)
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate Historical Office Sen Orrin Hatch and his wife Elaine pose for a photo at a reception for new members of Congress in 1977.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, talks to reporters during a press conference in Washington Thursday. Hatch briefed newsmen on the "Employee Bill of Rights Act of 1977", legislation which he introduced which would give employees the right of free choice to engage in or to refrain from collective bargaining. In background is Rep. John Erlenborn, R -Ill, who introduced a similar bill in the house. Credit: The Salt Lake Tribune Library
Photo Courtesy of U.S. Senate Historical Office Vice President Normal Rockefeller administers the oath of office to Sen. Orrin Hatch in January 1977, with his parents on the right and his wife Elaine on his left.
Senator Orrin Hatch ca. 1976. Credit: The Salt Lake Tribune Library
Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a member and former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issues his statement after Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens announced his retirement. Hatch, speaking before the press at the Little America Hotel on Friday, Apr. 9, 2010, expressed his hope that president Obama would not nominate an liberal, activist judge.
WASHINGTON, Une 17--SUPPORT FOR HATCH--President Reagan appears at a fundraiser for Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, Wednesday night in Washington. Reagan urged Utah's voters to support Hatch's bid for re-election next year. (AP Laser Photo - Ron Edmonds) 1987 - trib file photo
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky gathers other Republican senators to call for an amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2011. To the left are Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, conferring with freshman Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
STANDARD-EXAMINER PHOTO BY ROBERT POPE---Senator Orrin Hatch, left talks to Forest Service Chief Stan Tixier about trying to get the Snowbasin landswap reversed, during a meeting in Ogden, Utah with various civic leaders, March 13, 1990. The Forest Service organized a public work meeting on the subject.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, talks about the subpoena issued to President Clinton during the taping of Face the Nation at the CBS studios in Washington Sunday, July 26, 1998. Hatch also talked about the decision by Attorney General Janet Reno to not appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the campaign finance allegations. (AP Photo/Face the Nation, Karin Cooper)
Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator from Utah, speaks at a news conference on the State Children's Health Insurance Program, known as Schip, in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007. Listening at left is Harry Reid, majority leader of the U.S. Senate, and at right is Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. President George W. Bush said yesterday that he is ready to negotiate with congressional Democrats over the program that he vetoed, provided they make helping poor kids the priority. Photographer: Brendan Smialowski/Bloomberg News
Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune Senator Orrin Hatch speaks to the Utah delegation at a breakfast honoring him ("Omelets with Orrin") at the Hilton Hotel in Tampa, Florida, Monday, August 27, 2012 a day ahead of the Republican National Convention.
In addition to being a Senator, Orrin Hatch is a songwriter. He has a keyboard in his Salt Lake office to play some of the songs he's written. photo by Ryan Galbraith
Al Hartmann | The Salt Lake Tribune Utah Senator Orrin Hatch with Utah Governor Gary Herbert, left, speak after cutting the ribbon for the ICBM Building, the first commercial building developed at Falcon Hill National Aerospace Research Park a massive business park being developed on the west side of Hill Air Force Base.
Judge Samuel Alito, right, meets with Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2005, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. President Bush nominated Alito to the Supreme Court on Monday as a substitute for White House counsel Harriet Miers, who withdrew last week after conservatives refused to support her. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, talks to the media as Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, watches during a break in the Senate impeachment trial of President Clinton, Saturday, Jan. 23, 1999, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The question and answer phase of the trial continued Saturday. (AP Photo/Doug Mills)
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, left, greets Attorney General Janet Reno on Capitol Hill Wednesday, April 30, 1997, prior to Reno testifying before the committee to discuss Justice Department operations. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, right, talks to Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt on Capitol Hill Tuesday April 29, 1997 prior to their testifying before a House Resouces Committee hearing on the management of the Grand Staircase National Monument in Utah. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch -trent/photo
IMG 0312: Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, talks with Air Force Capt. Tony McIllece of Sandy, Utah. Capt. McIllece, (to the left of Sen. Hatch) is a military lawyer who works with the Central Criminal Court of Iraq. Across from Sen. Hatch is Capt. Christopher Watt of Wyoming. In the background is Army 1st Lt. Russell Yauney of Salt Lake City. All photos were taken in the U.S. Embassy dining facility in Baghdad's International Zone by U.S. Army Capt. Brad Leighton of the Georgia National Guard's 124th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.
Tribune File Photo Orrin Hatch, Nov. 20, 1977.