Claire McCaskill

Claire McCaskill served as a U.S. senator for Missouri from 2007-2019, the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate from Missouri.

McCaskill was born July 24, 1953, in Rolla, Missouri. Her father, Bill McCaskill, served as Missouri state insurance commissioner and her mother, Betty Anne McCaskill, served on the Columbia City Council. McCaskill attended the University of Missouri, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in political science in 1975 and Juris Doctorate in 1978.

Following college, worked as a prosecutor. In 1982, she assumed office as a member of the Missouri House of Representatives, serving until 1988. She was the first Missouri state legislator to have a baby while in office. In 1993, McCaskill became the first female prosecutor for Jackson County, the state's largest prosecutor's office. From 1999-2006, she served as the state auditor of Missouri. In 2004, she lost a bid to become the state's governor.

For information on McCaskill's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation during her time in the U.S. Senate, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

Sources:

Ballotpedia (n.d.). Claire McCaskill. Retrieved on May 11, 2020, from https://ballotpedia.org/Claire_McCaskill.

McNamee, G. L. (n.d.). Claire McCaskill: United States Senator. In Britannica. Retrieved on May 11, 2020, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Claire-McCaskill.

United States House of Representatives (n.d.). McCaskill, Claire Retrieved on May 11, 2020, from https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/M/McCASKILL,-Claire-(M001170)/.