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Senate Years of Service: 1995-2001
Party: Republican
ASHCROFT, John David, a Senator from Missouri; born in Chicago, Ill., on May 9, 1942;
attended the public schools in Springfield, Missouri; graduated from Yale
University 1964; received J.D. degree from University of Chicago School of Law
1967; admitted to the bar in Springfield 1967; taught business law at Southwest
Missouri State University; state auditor of Missouri 1973-1975; attorney
general of Missouri 1976-1985; Governor of Missouri 1985-1993; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate in 1994 and served from January 3, 1995
to January 3, 2001; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 2000; attorney
general of the United States, 2001-2005.
BibliographyThe Yale Biographical Dictionary of American
Law; Ashcroft, John D., with Gary Thomas. Lessons from a
Father to his Son. Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers, 1998; ___.
Never Again: Securing America and Restoring Justice. New York:
Center Street, 2006. ___.
On My Honor: The Beliefs that Shape My Life. Nashville: T.
Nelson Publishers, 2001.
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