Roy Blunt

Roy Dean Blunt born January 10 1950 is an American politician and lobbyist 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 19851993 and US Representative for Missouris 7th congressional district 19972011 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 US House of Representatives for Missouris 7th congressional district in 1996 There he served as Republican Whip from 2003 to 2009 Blunt successfully ran for the US Senate in 2010 The next year he was elected vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference Blunt who was the dean of Missouris congressional delegation was elected to serve as Policy Committee chairman in November 2018 On March 8 2021 he announced that he would not seek reelection in 2022 He was succeeded in the US Senate by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt After leaving Congress Blunt began working for the lobbying firm Husch Blackwell Strategies He also joined as a member of Southwest Airlines board of directors