LittleSis: Michael F Shanahan Sr

Michael F. Shanahan’s gregarious personality and daring management style made him one of the most popular executives in this region’s sports history. Under his leadership in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the St. Louis Blues regained their standing as a mainstream sports attraction. The franchise’s revival led to the construction of a downtown arena that opened in 1994. Shanahan, a former soccer star at St. Louis University, was president of Engineered Support Systems Inc. Shanahan led an investment group that purchased the Blues from California businessman Harry Ornest in December 1986. At the same time, the city purchased The Arena from Ornest. By 1990 Shanahan had sold his ownership stake to the Kiel Center Partners as that group led efforts to build a new downtown arena for the team. Shanahan stayed on as team chairman until replaced by former Cardinals executive Jerry Ritter after the 1994-95 season. In 2008 Shanahan pleaded guilty to a federal charge for backdating stock options and agreed to repay $7.9 million. In exchange for the guilty plea on one count of falsifying the records of a publicly traded company, the government dropped 11 other charges against Shanahan. The government also agreed to drop charges against his son, Michael Shanahan Jr.

Donor	Common Recipients
Roselyne Chroman Swig	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan
James E Smith	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Donald L Bryant Jr	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Joel Mandel	Mitch McConnell, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Gregory Westin Wendt	Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri 2000, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Tim Hannegan	Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri 2000, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Fredrick D Palmer	Kit Bond, William Lacy Clay Jr, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Red McCombs	Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
James D Weddle	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Mark T Bobak	Kit Bond, William Lacy Clay Jr, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000
Norman Eaker	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, John Ashcroft, George W Bush
Thomas Francis Eagleton	William Lacy Clay Jr, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Dick Uihlein	Jo Ann Emerson, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Bill Federer (Missouri), Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Richard E Bell	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
Thomas R Green	William Lacy Clay Jr, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Francine I Katz	Kit Bond, William Lacy Clay Jr, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, George W Bush, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2002
Thomas Boggs	Kit Bond, Isaac Newton Skelton IV, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan
Donald Lasater	Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Lorenzo Fertitta	Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal
Jack E Thomas	Kit Bond, Jo Ann Emerson, Jim Talent, Dick Gephardt, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal

Donor

Common Recipients

Roselyne Chroman Swig

Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, Democratic Leader's Victory Fund 2000, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Mel Eugene Carnahan

James E Smith

Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee

Donald L Bryant Jr

Kit Bond, Mitch McConnell, Jim Talent, John Ashcroft, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Gene McNary, Missouri Republican State Committee-Federal

Joel Mandel

Mitch McConnell, Jean Carnahan, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee - Contributions, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri Senate 2002, Mel Eugene Carnahan

Gregory Westin Wendt

Mitch McConnell, Dick Gephardt, Jean Carnahan, George W Bush, Republican National Committee, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Missouri 2000, Mel Eugene Carnahan