Missouri’s governor will announce his appointment for the next attorney general today a with a report, here is Missourinet’s Brian Hauswirth.
Governor Mike Parson will brief Capitol reporters at 9:45 today in Jefferson City to announce Missouri’s next attorney general. The new appointee will be replacing Attorney General Josh Hawley, who was elected to the United States Senate last week.
Since Hawley is still attorney general, it’s unclear when the appointee would be sworn-in. This is the first time a Missouri governor has appointed an attorney general in 93 years. Missourinet’s Bob Priddy reports Columbia attorney North Todd Gentry was appointed Attorney General in 1925. Priddy says Gentry replaced Robert Otto, who was elected attorney general in 1924 but was appointed to the Missouri Supreme Court to replace Judge A.M. Woodson, who had died.
