John C. Danforth

Partner, Bryan Cave, LLP and Former U.S. Senator

John C. Danforth, during his 26 years in public office, focused on bringing economic growth and a better future to America and Missouri. During his 18 years in the U.S. Senate, Senator Danforth served on the Finance Committee, the Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee and the Select Committee on Intelligence. Senator Danforth served as a member, ranking Republican and chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – the committee with jurisdiction over the nation’s transportation policy. In 2004, Danforth represented the United States as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations where he focused on ending the North/South civil war in Sudan, a 20 year conflict that killed two million people and displaced five million others. In September, 1999, Danforth was appointed Special Counsel by Attorney General Janet Reno to investigate the federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The investigation entailed interviewing over 1,000 witnesses and examining over 2.3 million pages of documents along with thousands of pounds of physical evidence. The investigation was completed in just over a year where it was concluded that Government agents were not responsible for the devastation at Waco. Senator Danforth served as the attorney general of Missouri from 1969-1975.

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