Catherine Hanaway
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Catherine L. Hanaway was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
, having been appointed by President Bush. She is also a former Republican
Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
. Hanaway was the First Female Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
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She ran for Missouri Secretary of State in 2004, but was narrowly defeated by Robin Carnahan
, the daughter of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan
.
Hanaway earned her law degree from the Catholic University of America, and worked in the law firm of Peper, Martin Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, the predecessor firm to Husch Blackwell Sanders
.
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...
, having been appointed by President Bush. She is also a former Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...
Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...
. Hanaway was the First Female Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 31,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections held in even-numbered years.In 1992 Missouri...
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She ran for Missouri Secretary of State in 2004, but was narrowly defeated by Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan
Robin Carnahan is an American politician, daughter of Missouri politicians Mel and Jean Carnahan and the current Missouri Secretary of State. She is a member of the Democratic Party and was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2010, to replace retiring Republican Sen...
, the daughter of former Missouri governor Mel Carnahan
Mel Carnahan
Melvin Eugene "Mel" Carnahan was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as the 51st Governor of Missouri from 1993 to 2000. He died in a plane crash on the Pevely and Hillsboro, Missouri border during a campaign for the U.S...
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Hanaway earned her law degree from the Catholic University of America, and worked in the law firm of Peper, Martin Jensen, Maichel & Hetlage, the predecessor firm to Husch Blackwell Sanders
Husch Blackwell Sanders
Husch Blackwell LLP is a litigation and business services law firm with approximately 625 attorneys in offices in 14 cities, stretching from Washington, D.C. to Phoenix, Arizona and London. The firm was formed in 2008 as a combination of two regional law firms, Blackwell Sanders LLP and Husch &...
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