John Ashcroft

Politician

Birthday May 9, 1942

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Chicago, IL

Age 81 years old

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About

U.S. Attorney General between 2001 and 2005 under President George W. Bush during the war on terror. He also represented Missouri in the US Senate from 1994 to 2001 and has written several books about his life in politics and his political opinions.

Before Fame

He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Chicago School of Law in 1967, after getting his undergraduate degree from Yale.

Trivia

He was the first Republican to win two successive terms as the Governor of Missouri and he later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.

Family Life

He has children with Jane E. Ashcroft.

Associated With

He was in a barbershop quartet called The Singing Senators with Senator Trent Lott.