He is the first speaker to later be elected Missouri senator in more than 100 years.
The vote was 58 to 42 in favor of the former Missouri senator, with 8 Democrats joining all 50 Republicans.
Earlier, Bryan had nominated a nullity in the form of a Missouri senator.
Except that Mr. Ashcroft, the former Missouri senator and governor, is not running for office.
- that's John Ashcroft, the Missouri Senator who thought of running, then thought again.
Until the Missouri senator, Jim Talent, is sworn in, I'm the balance of power.
She spent some time in academia, and was on the staff of John Danforth when he was a Missouri senator.
After the Civil War, Schurz was elected Missouri Senator in 1868.
One reason is an institutional resistance to change, another the determined opposition of Christopher Bond, a Missouri senator with enormous influence over the corps' appropriations.
The call to arms reverberated in the Justice Department, where John Ashcroft, a former Missouri senator, was just starting as attorney general.