Danforth, John C. (Personal Name)

Government regulation ... c1977 (a.e.) t.p. (John C. Danforth) p. 3 (U.S. Senator, Rep. Missouri)

Congressional Dir. 1981 (John Claggett Danforth, b. 9-5-36)

Faith and politics, c2006 : t.p. (Senator John Danforth)

Biographical directory of the U.S. Congress website, July 25, 2013 (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.)