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Senate Years of Service: 1976-1995 Party: Republican
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DANFORTH, John Claggett, a Senator from Missouri; born in St. Louis, St. Louis County, Mo., September 5,
1936; graduated, St. Louis County Day (High) School 1954; graduated from Princeton University
1958, Yale University Law School and Yale Divinity School 1963; admitted to the New York bar in
1963, and commenced practice in New York City; ordained clergy, Episcopal Church 1963; attorney
general of Missouri 1969-1976; unsuccessful Republican candidate for nomination to the United States
Senate 1970; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1976 for the term commencing
January 3, 1977; subsequently appointed on December 27, 1976, to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Stuart Symington for the term ending January 3, 1977; reelected in 1982 and again in
1988, and served from December 27, 1976, to January 3, 1995; was not a candidate for reelection in
1994; chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation (Ninety-ninth Congress);
resumed the practice of law; U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations 2004-2005; is a resident of St.
Louis, Mo.
BibliographyDanforth, John C. Resurrection: The
Confirmation of Clarence Thomas. New York: Viking, 1994; Danforth, John C. Faith and Politics: How the Moral Values Debate Divides America and How to Move Forward Together. New York: Viking, 2006.
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