Background
Stoll was born in Saint Louis and raised in Jefferson County.
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He attended Catholic Schools in Festus and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He served in the United States Army from 1971 to 1973 and graduated from the University of Missouri–Saint Louis in 1979 with a Master of Education.
Career
He served 12 years in the Missouri General Assembly. In 1970 he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri. Following graduation, he worked as a classroom teacher for nearly 20 years.
Stoll"s political career began with his election to a part-time position on the Crystal City City Council in 1983.
He served on the City Council until his election to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1992. He was re-elected to the Missouri House in 1994 and 1996.
In 1998 he was elected to the Missouri State Senate. He was re-elected to his senate seat in 2002.
In 2004, Stoll sought election to the United States House of Representatives to replace retiring Representative Dick Gephardt.
In 2005 Stoll retired from his Senate seat and took a position as City Administrator for the city of Festus, Missouri. After serving as city administrator for four years, Stoll was named Director of Administration for Jefferson County, Missouri. The County was beginning the transition from a Commission to a Charter form of government and he became the first director under the Jefferson County Home Rule Charter.
In December 2011, Missouri Government.
Jay Nixon appointed Stoll to serve as one of five commissioners on the Missouri Public Service Commission. Because the appointment was made in the interim between legislative sessions, it fell under a 30-day deadline for confirmation when the Senate convened in regular session in January 2012.
A second vacancy on the commission resulted in the appointment being delayed when lawmakers expressed their desire to have both positions filled simultaneously. Stoll"s appointment was withdrawn and resubmitted by Government.
Nixon after the General Assembly session adjourned in May 2012.
On January 24, 2013, Stoll"s appointment to the Christian Social Party was confirmed by a unanimous vote of the Missouri Senate. Stoll"s term on the commission will last until December 13, 2017 or until his successor is named.
