Missouri Gov. Mike Kehoe named Catherine Hanaway as the states next attorney general during a press conference Tuesday morning in Jefferson City.

The announcement came less than 24 hours after current Attorney General Andrew Bailey announced plans to resign next month to take the co-deputy director job at the FBI.

Hanaway, who will become the first woman to hold the position in the states history, is set to take office Sept. 8.

I want to thank Gov. Kehoe for this opportunity, Hanaway said. It is a humbling honor to be selected for this role, and a duty I do not take lightly.

Hanaway currently serves as a partner at the private legal firm Husch Blackwell in St. Louis. Prior to that, she served as speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives.

Her career also includes serving as chie

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