Less than 24 hours after Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced he was resigning to join the Trump administration. Gov. Mike Kehoe selected Hanaway, who was also the first woman to serve as Missouri House Speaker,

Former U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway has been appointed as Missouri's next attorney general. She takes over from Andrew Bailey, who is leaving for a position with the FBI.

The partners at the law firm Husch Blackwell elected Catherine Hanaway as the firm’s next chairperson. JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Mike Kehoe on Tuesday appointed the first woman attorney general in Missouri history to serve out the remaining three years of Andrew Bailey’s term.