Catherine Hanaway

Catherine Hanaway
Official portrait, 2025
45th Attorney General of Missouri
Assumed office
September 8, 2025
GovernorMike Kehoe
Preceded byAndrew Bailey
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
In office
July 19, 2005 – April 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Barack Obama
Preceded byJames Martin
Succeeded byMichael Reap (acting)
69th Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives
In office
January 8, 2003 – January 2005
Preceded byJim Kreider
Succeeded byRod Jetton
Member of the Missouri House of Representatives
from the 87th district
In office
January 1999 – January 2005
Preceded byBill Hand
Succeeded byScott Muschany
Personal details
Born (1963-11-08) November 8, 1963
PartyRepublican
SpouseChris Hanaway
Children2
EducationUniversity of Missouri
Creighton University (BA)
Catholic University (JD)

Catherine Lucille Hanaway (born November 8, 1963) is an American attorney, former federal prosecutor, who is serving as the Missouri Attorney General since 2025. Previously, she served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri from 2005 to 2009, and as the first and only female Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005.