Roy Blunt
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United States Senator from Missouri |
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Assumed office January 3, 2011 Serving with Claire McCaskill |
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| Preceded by | Kit Bond |
| Chair of the Senate Rules Committee | |
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In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Chuck Schumer |
| Succeeded by | Richard Shelby |
| House Minority Whip | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2009 |
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| Leader | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Steny Hoyer |
| Succeeded by | Eric Cantor |
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House Majority Leader Acting |
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In office September 29, 2005 – February 2, 2006 |
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| Leader | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Tom DeLay |
| Succeeded by | John Boehner |
| House Majority Whip | |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Leader | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Tom DeLay |
| Succeeded by | Jim Clyburn |
| House Republican Chief Deputy Whip | |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Leader | Dennis Hastert |
| Preceded by | Dennis Hastert |
| Succeeded by | Eric Cantor |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Missouri's 7th district |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Mel Hancock |
| Succeeded by | Billy Long |
| 33rd Secretary of State of Missouri | |
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In office January 8, 1985 – January 8, 1993 |
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| Governor | John Ashcroft |
| Preceded by | James Kirkpatrick |
| Succeeded by | Judi Moriarty |
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Roy Dean Blunt January 10, 1950 Niangua, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Roseann Ray (divorced) Abigail Perlman |
| Children | 4 (notably Matt) |
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Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar (BA) Missouri State University, Springfield (MA) |
| Website | Senate website |
Roy Dean Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is an American politician who currently serves as the junior United States Senator from Missouri, having been in office since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Blunt served as the United States Representative from Missouri's 7th congressional district from 1997 to 2011. The district contains most of Southwest Missouri, anchored in the city of Springfield, as well as the cities of Joplin, Carthage, and Neosho, and the popular tourist destination of Branson.
Blunt served as House Majority Whip from 2003 to 2007, and was acting House Majority Leader from September 2005 to February 2006. He was the House Minority Whip during the 110th Congress starting in 2007, but after the 2008 general elections, he announced that he would step down from the position.
Blunt successfully ran for United States Senate in 2010. The following year, he was elected vice-chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. Blunt is the current dean of Missouri's Congressional Delegation.
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