New Missouri governor

JCP2001010810 - 08 JANUARY 2001 - JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI, USA: New Missouri Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell with his family nearby takes the oath office from Missouri State Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White, on the steps of the Missouri State Capital Building, January 8, 2001. Judge White is in the center of a controversy in the naming of former U.S. Senator John Ashcroft to the post of Attorney General in the Bush cabinet. rlw/bg/Bill Greenblatt UPI