This article is about the politician. For the writer and humorist, see Roy Blount Jr.
Roy Blunt
Official portrait, 2011
United States Senator from Missouri
In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Kit Bond
Succeeded by
Eric Schmitt
Chair of the Senate Republican Policy Committee
In office January 3, 2019 – January 3, 2023
Leader
Mitch McConnell
Preceded by
John Barrasso
Succeeded by
Joni Ernst
Ranking Member of the Senate Rules Committee
In office February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2023
Preceded by
Amy Klobuchar
Succeeded by
Deb Fischer
Chair of the Senate Rules Committee
In office April 10, 2018 – February 3, 2021
Preceded by
Richard Shelby
Succeeded by
Amy Klobuchar
In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Preceded by
Chuck Schumer
Succeeded by
Richard Shelby
House Minority Whip
In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009
Leader
John Boehner
Preceded by
Steny Hoyer
Succeeded by
Eric Cantor
House Majority Leader
Acting
In office September 29, 2005 – February 2, 2006
Leader
Dennis Hastert
Preceded by
Tom DeLay
Succeeded by
John Boehner
House Majority Whip
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007
Leader
Dennis Hastert
Preceded by
Tom DeLay
Succeeded by
Jim Clyburn
House Republican Chief Deputy Whip
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003
Leader
Dennis Hastert
Preceded by
Dennis Hastert
Succeeded by
Eric Cantor
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 7th district
In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011
Preceded by
Mel Hancock
Succeeded by
Billy Long
23rd President of Southwest Baptist University
In office December 30, 1992 – October 21, 1996
Preceded by
Wayne Gott (acting)
Succeeded by
C. Pat Taylor
33rd Secretary of State of Missouri
In office January 14, 1985 – January 11, 1993
Governor
John Ashcroft
Preceded by
James Kirkpatrick
Succeeded by
Judi Moriarty
Personal details
Born
Roy Dean Blunt
(1950-01-10) January 10, 1950 (age 74) Niangua, Missouri, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouses
Roseann Ray
(m. 1967; div. 2003)
Abigail Perlman
(m. 2003)
Children
4, including Matt
Education
Southwest Baptist University (BA) Missouri State University (MA)
Signature
Roy Blunt's voice
Roy Blunt on the Budget Control Act of 2011 in relation to the FY2020 Department of Education budget request Recorded March 29, 2019
Roy Dean Blunt[1] (born January 10, 1950) is an American politician who served as a United States senator from Missouri from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 33rd Missouri Secretary of State (1985–1993) and U.S. Representative for Missouri's 7th congressional district (1997–2011).
Born in Niangua, Missouri, Blunt is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and Southwest Missouri State University (now Missouri State University). After serving as Missouri Secretary of State from 1985 to 1993, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for Missouri's 7th congressional district in 1996. There, he served as Republican Whip from 2003 to 2009.
Blunt successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010. The next year, he was elected vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference.[2] Blunt, who was the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation, was elected to serve as Policy Committee chairman in November 2018.[3] On March 8, 2021, he announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022. He was succeeded in the U.S. Senate by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt.[4][5][6][7]
On July 17, 2023, it was announced that Blunt was appointed as a member of Southwest Airlines's board of directors.[8]
^"Representative Roy Blunt (R-Missouri, 7th)". LegiStorm. Retrieved August 20, 2014.
^Litvan, Laura (December 13, 2011). "Senate Republicans Elect Thune, Barrasso and Blunt to Top Posts". Bloomberg. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
^Bolton, Alexander (November 14, 2018). "McConnell reelected as leader, Thune promoted to whip". The Hill. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
^"Blunt Announcement on 2022 Election". Archived from the original on December 22, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
^Foran, Clare; Barrett, Ted; Cohen, Ethan; Rogers, Alex (March 8, 2021). "GOP Sen. Roy Blunt announces he will not run for reelection". CNN. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
^Andrew Desiderio (March 8, 2021). "Sen. Roy Blunt won't run for reelection in latest blow to GOP". POLITICO. Retrieved March 12, 2021.
^https://news.stlpublicradio.org/people/jason-rosenbaum (November 9, 2022). "Eric Schmitt punches ticket to U.S. Senate with victory over Trudy Busch Valentine". STLPR. Retrieved June 5, 2023. {{cite web}}: External link in |last= (help)
^"Ex-Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt appointed to Southwest Airlines board of directors". Associated Press. July 17, 2023.
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