John David Ashcroft ( born May 9, 1942 ) is an American politician who served as the 79th U. S. Attorney General ( 2001-05 ), in the George W. Bush Administration.

Glover served as a senior policy advisory to then Senator John Ashcroft ( R-Missouri ); as the publicity director for The Weekly Standard ; and as legislative director for the Project for the Republican Future.

Prior to his appointment as president of the American Automotive Policy Council in 2011, Blunt served as a member of the board of Copart, an auto salvage company in Fairfield, California ; an advisor for Solamere Capital, a suburban Boston private equity firm started by Tagg Romney ; and a consultant for Cassidy & Associates, a Washington, D. C. lobbying firm, and a partner with the Ashcroft Group, the Washington, D. C. and St. Louis-based consulting firm founded by former U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft.

After the primary, Missouri Governor Kit Bond appointed Ashcroft to the office of State Auditor, which Bond had vacated when he became Governor.

In the general election, Ashcroft faced a challenge from Governor Mel Carnahan.

* On May 15, 1986, a tornado hit the city of Sikeston and destroyed about 100 homes, prompting former Governor John Ashcroft to visit and call on the National Guard for assistance.

In 1984 he was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Missouri, losing the Democratic primary election to then-Lieutenant Governor Kenneth Rothman, who lost the general election that year to state Attorney General John Ashcroft.

* John Ashcroft: Former U. S. Senator, Governor of Missouri, and Attorney General of the United States

Those fears came to the forefront in 1988 when Shalia Aery, commissioner of higher education under Governor John Ashcroft, announced a plan to close the school.

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In 1988 Shalia Aery, commissioner of higher education under Governor John Ashcroft recommended Northwest should close and leave Missouri Western as the surviving school.

She succeeded in her bid, even as voters elected the deeply conservative John Ashcroft as Governor and as President Ronald Reagan carried Missouri on his way to a 49-state re-election victory.

In 2000, the late Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan, a Democrat, narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Senator John Ashcroft 50 % to 48 %.

She has received endorsements from, among others, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Attorney General John Ashcroft, and the pro-life women's group the Susan B. Anthony List.

Ashcroft went to school in Springfield, Missouri.

After law school, Ashcroft briefly taught Business Law and worked as an administrator at Southwest Missouri State University.

In 1972, Ashcroft ran for a Congressional seat in southwest Missouri in the Republican primary election, narrowly losing to Gene Taylor.

Missouri Attorney General John Danforth, who was then in his second term, hired Ashcroft as an Assistant Attorney General.

Ashcroft was elected governor in 1984 and re-elected in 1988, becoming the first ( and, to date, the only ) Republican elected to two consecutive terms in Missouri history.

In the end, Ashcroft won 57 percent of the vote and carried 106 counties — then the largest Republican gubernatorial victory in Missouri history.

Ashcroft received 64 percent of the vote in the general election — the largest landslide for governor in Missouri history since the U. S. Civil War.

* Though Ashcroft initially opposed the legislation, while he was governor, Missouri enacted its first hate crimes legislation, creating penalties for ethnic intimidation and crimes committed for motives based on race, color, religion, or national origin, and penalties for institutional vandalism for damages to ethnically-related buildings and property.

In 1994 Ashcroft was elected to the U. S. Senate from Missouri, again succeeding a retiring John Danforth.

While attorney general of Missouri, Ashcroft and his wife co-wrote a textbook titled College Law for Business.

Sometime in the 1970s, Ashcroft recorded a gospel record entitled TRUTH: Volume One, Edition One with Missouri legislator Max Bacon, a Democrat.

The town was disincorporated by executive order of Missouri governor John Ashcroft in 1985.

Carnahan ran for a Senate seat from Missouri against incumbent Republican John Ashcroft.

Although arguably under Missouri law Mel Carnahan could not win, since he was dead and therefore did not " live " in the state, and Ashcroft actually won ( receiving the most votes of the legally qualified candidates ), Ashcroft did not contest the election certification of the Democratic Secretary of State, possibly because no legal precedent had been set.

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" Let the Eagle Soar " is a song written by former Missouri Senator and U. S. Attorney General John Ashcroft, who is seen singing the song at a Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary function in 2002.

Ashcroft Post Office opened on 3 May 1965 and closed in 1985.

In 1976, Ashcroft became the first City school to win the University Shield for 31 years and went on to win it again in 1977 and 1985.

In 1985 Henlys was bought by the Lord Ashcroft backed Hawley Goodall, owners of Coleman Milne, the makers of funeral hearses.

* 1907 – Dame Peggy Ashcroft, English actress ( d. 1991 )

In 2009 a federal court of appeals in San Francisco found that Ashcroft could be sued and held personally responsible for the wrongful detention of material witness Abdullah al-Kidd – an American citizen arrested in March 2003 and held for 13 months in maximum security to be used as a witness in the trial of Sami Omar Al-Hussayen ( who himself was acquitted of all charges of supporting terrorism ).

When interviewed about it, he stated, “ I certainly believe that people who are in pain should be helped and assisted in every way possible, that the drugs should be used to mitigate their pain but I believe the law of the United States of America which requires that drugs not be used except for legitimate health purposes .” " Attorney General Ashcroft Asks Supreme Court To Ban Assisted Suicide – California Healthline.

* 1942 – John Ashcroft, American politician, 79th United States Attorney General

Ronnie and Mildred ( Gordon Peters and Barbara Ashcroft ) – Ronnie and Mildred were a constantly cheerful couple who provided yet another annoyance to the Meldrews, who dreaded any upcoming visits to them.

* 1971 – Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter ( The Verve and RPA & The United Nations of Sound )

* May 9 – John Ashcroft, United States Attorney General

* September 27 – Gay Kayler Ashcroft, Australian country music singer

* December 22 – Peggy Ashcroft, British actress ( d. 1991 )

* June 14 – Peggy Ashcroft, British actress ( b. 1907 )

* Richard Ashcroft – lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion

* ( pp. 194 – 204 consists of the Rotten Library entry for John Ashcroft )

He is also a regular on the digital radio sports show, " TalkSPORT " Other notable friends of his are, Mani of The Stone Roses, Richard Ashcroft of The Verve – for whom he dedicated a song, " Cast No Shadow ", the band members of the Chemical Brothers ,-Sex Pistols members John Lydon and Steve Jones the members of the rock band Kasabian, Andy Nicholson, boxer Ricky Hatton, Paul McCartney, Liverpool F. C footballer Jamie Carragher, Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller, Ian Brown, John Squire, Lee Mavers, Jack Dee, Craig Cash, Kelly Jones and Johnny Depp ( who played slide guitar on the Oasis song Fade In-Out ).

Headline Acts ( Sunday ) – Coldplay, Richard Ashcroft

", Richard Ashcroft and Big Life Management commissioned Giorgio Testi for the promo – to be created out of live footage from a show at Shepherd ’ s Bush Empire.

Poliakoff continued to write stage plays, becoming writer-in-residence for the National Theatre at the age of 24, but he became increasingly interested in the medium of television, with Stronger Than the Sun ( 1977 – BBC1 Play for Today ), Bloody Kids ( 1980 – ATV ), Caught on a Train ( 1980 – BBC2 Playhouse ) starring Peggy Ashcroft, and Soft Targets ( 1982 – Play for Today ).

They were followed by Wilde's Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Earnest in 1948, and Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie directed by Gielgud, starring Helen Hayes ; and The Heiress, an adaptation of Henry James's Washington Square, directed by Gielgud and starring Ralph Richardson and Peggy Ashcroft, who was succeeded by Wendy Hiller ( 1949 – 50 ).

The band played their biggest tour to date in October – November 2006 and also supported Richard Ashcroft in his homecoming gig at the Lancashire County Cricket Club on 17 June.

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A contemporary art exhibition at the Lucy Mackintosh Gallery in Lausanne, Switzerland, with six British artists: Michael Ashcroft, Juan Bolivar, Andrew Grassie, Justin Hibbs, Alistair Hudson, and Peter Liversidge during April – May 2005.