Overview (3) Born March 22, 1934 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA Birth Name Orrin Grant Hatch Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Mini Bio (1) Orrin Hatch was born on March 22, 1934 in Homestead, Pennsylvania, USA as Orrin Grant Hatch. He has been married to Elaine Hansen since August 28, 1957. They have six children. Spouse (1) Elaine Hansen (28 August 1957 - present) ( 6 children) Trivia (13) Children: Brent, Scott, Marcia, Kimberly, Alysa, Jesse. US senator from Utah, 3 January 1977 - present. Favorite poet: Sara Teasdale. A staunchly conservative Republican, Hatch once hired a young woman named Eliza Florez as a **** on his staff. After she left his employ she began a new career as ***** film actress Missy Manners. Is the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Received his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh Law School Hatch's personality and right-wing political quirks, combined with Sterling Hayden's "General Jack D. Ripper" from Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964), was used by Ronny Cox to portray "Senator Robert Kinsey" on Stargate SG-1 (1997). Was elected the the U.S. Senate from Utah in 1976 after defeating Democrat Frank E. Moss, who was running for a fourth term. Ranking member, U.S. Senate Finance Committee. Member, U.S. Senate Joint Committee on Taxation. Chairman, U.S. Senate Finance Committee (? - present). Son of Helen Frances (Kamm) and Jesse Hatch. His ancestry is Swiss-German, English, Welsh, and **** distant Scottish and Irish. [16 November 2018] One of seven recipient of the Presidential Medal of *******, awarded by President Donald Trump. Other recipients were Miriam Adelson, Alan ****, Elvis Presley (posthumous), Babe Ruth (posthumous), Antonin Scalia (posthumous), and Roger Staubach.