John Ashcroft

Also known as John David Ashcroft, John D. Ashcroft

79th United States Attorney General

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Test Results for Disk Imaging Tool
Ashcroft's railway directory for 1864
Just War and Christian Traditions
On My Honor
Lessons from a Father to His Son

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Type: Person
Country: AU
Active from: 1927-02-01
Active to: 2021-05-19

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Listeners: 210
Total plays: 760

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Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
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Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
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Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
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The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,820x

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Quotes

“Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus.”
“Since Tuesday the Justice Department has received reports of violence and threats of violence against Arab-Americans and other Americans of Middle Eastern and South Asian descents. We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their national origin. Such reports of violence and threats are in direct opposition to the very principles and laws of the United States and will not be tolerated.”
“Islam is a religion in which God requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a faith in which God sends his son to die for you.”
“To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists, for they erode our national unity and diminish our resolve. They give ammunition to America's enemies, and pause to America's friends. They encourage people of good will to remain silent in the face of evil.”
“The last time I looked at September 11th, an American street was a war zone. There was a street in Virginia that was a war zone.”
“The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved.”

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Key facts

President: George W. Bush
Deputy: Robert Mueller (acting), Larry Thompson , James Comey
Preceded by: Janet Reno
Succeeded by: Alberto Gonzales
Lieutenant: Harriet Woods , Mel Carnahan
Governor: Joseph Teasdale , Kit Bond
Born: John David Ashcroft , ( 1942-05-09 ) May 9, 1942 (age 84) , Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
Party: Republican
Spouse: Janet Ashcroft ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
Children: 3, including Jay
Education: Yale University ( BA ), University of Chicago ( JD )

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Commons category: John Ashcroft
name in native language: John Ashcroft
date of birth: 1942-05-09
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National Governors Association biography URL: www.nga.org/governor/john-ashcroft

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Article

John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and former politician who served as the 79th United States attorney general under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. A Republican from Missouri, Ashcroft represented the state in the United States Senate from 1995 to 2001, and held statewide office as the 29th auditor (1973–1975), 38th attorney general (1976–1985), and 50th governor of Missouri (1985–1993). He later founded The Ashcroft Group, a Washington D.C. lobbying firm.

Ashcroft graduated from Hillcrest High School in 1960 before receiving a Bachelor of Arts from Yale College and a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School. After unsuccessfully running for the U.S. House of Representatives, he was appointed Missouri State Auditor in 1973, before being defeated for re-election in 1974. He then served two consecutive terms as Missouri Attorney General and as Missouri Governor (a historical first for a Republican candidate in the state). He is the only Republican to serve two full consecutive terms as governor to date. He also served one term as a U.S. Senator from Missouri until losing a race for a second term in 2000. Ashcroft had early appointments in Missouri state government, and was mentored by John Danforth. He has written several books about politics and ethics.