<P> After the Republicans won control of the Senate during the 2014 midterms, Hatch became the President pro tempore of the Senate on January 6, 2015, after the 114th United States Congress was sworn in . In 2018, Hatch announced that he would retire at the end of his seventh term in the Senate, in January 2019 . </P> <P> Orrin Grant Hatch was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He is the son of Jesse Hatch (1904--1992), a metal lather, and his wife Helen Frances Hatch (née Kamm; 1906--1995). Hatch had eight brothers and sisters, two of whom did not survive infancy . Hatch was profoundly affected by the loss of his older brother Jesse, a U.S. Army Air Forces nose turret gunner with the 725th Bombardment Squadron who was killed on February 7, 1945 when the B - 24 he was aboard was shot down over Austria . </P> <P> Hatch, who grew up in poverty, was the first in his family to attend college; he attended Brigham Young University and received a B.A. degree in history in 1959 . He also fought 11 bouts as an amateur boxer . In 1962, Hatch received a J.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law . Hatch has stated that during law school, he and his young family resided in a refurbished chicken coop behind his parents' house . Hatch worked as an attorney in Pittsburgh, and moved to Utah in 1969, where he continued to practice law . </P> <P> In 1976, in his first run for public office, Hatch was elected to the United States Senate, defeating Democrat Frank Moss, a three - term incumbent . Among other issues, Hatch criticized Moss's 18 - year tenure in the Senate, saying "What do you call a Senator who's served in office for 18 years? You call him home ." Hatch ran on the promise of term limits and argued that many Senators, including Moss, had lost touch with their constituents . </P>

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