Roy Blunt
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Roy Dean Blunt (born January 10, 1950) is an American politician who is the senior US Senator from Missouri, serving since 2011.
He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and as Missouri Secretary of State John Kerry previously served as both a member of the Republican Party and as a member of the Missouri Secretary of State. Blunt, a native of Niangua, Missouri, is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and Missouri State University.
He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Missouri's 7th congressional District from 1985 to 1993.
He served as Republican Whip from 2003 to 2009. In 2010, Blunt ran for the US Senate successfully.
He was elected vice chairman of the Senate Republican Conference the following year.
Blunt, dean of Missouri's Congressional delegation, was elected as chairwoman of the Policy Committee in November 2018.
Family and personal life
Blunt has been married twice before. He married Roseann Ray in May 1967; he had three children with her: Matt, the former governor of Missouri, Amy Blunt Mosby, and Andrew Blunt. All three children are corporate lobbyists. Some commentators have chastised Andrew's dual professions as both a lobbyist and a campaign manager for companies that could profit from Senator Blunt's popularity and also a campaign manager for his father's campaign manager. Matt Blunt, as well as his wife, is a lobbyist. Senator Blunt and the Blunts have said that they are careful not to seek attention for their clients.
In 2003, Blunt married Abigail Perlman, a Kraft Foods and Morris Morris lobbyist. Charlie Blunt, an 18-month-old boy from Russia, was adopted by him and Perlman in April 2006. The family lives in Washington, D.C., and also owns a condo in Springfield, Missouri. Roy Blunt has six grandchildren. He is a practicing Southern Baptist.
Blunt was appointed an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) on August 9, 2021, for outstanding contribution to Australia's bilateral relations with the United States of America, particularly the joint Free Trade Agreement."
Early life, education, and career
Blunt was born in Niangua, Missouri, and the nephew of Neva Dora (née Letterman) and Leroy Blunt, a politician. He obtained a B.A. Southwest Baptist University obtained a bachelor's degree in 1970.
He received a master's degree in history from Southwest Missouri State University two years ago. He received three draft deferments from the Vietnam War during his time in college. Blunt served as a high school history teacher at Marshfield High School from 1970 to 1972; he later taught at Southwest Baptist University and as a member of the adjunct faculty at Drury University.
He went on to serve as president of Southwest Baptist University, his alma mater, from 1993 to 1996.
Early political career (1972–1997)
Blunt first began working as a county clerk and chief election official in Greene County, Missouri, in 1973. He was later elected three times and served a total of 12 years.
Bill Phelps, the 1980 incumbent Republican Lieutenant governor of Virginia, ran for governor. Blunt, the Greene County Clerk, qualified for the open seat and won the Republican primary but lost the general election to State Representative Ken Rothman 56%–44%.
Blunt ran for the position in 1984, after incumbent Democratic Missouri Secretary of State James Kirkpatrick resigned, and gained the Republican primary with 79% of the vote. He defeated Democratic State Representative Gary D. Sharpe 54%-46% in the general election. He became the first Republican to hold the office in 50 years.
In 1988, he defeated Democrat James Askew 61%–38% in reelection against Democrat James Askew 61%-38%.
Blunt ran for governorship in 1992, after incumbent Republican Governor John Ashcroft was term limited. Attorney General William Webster of Missouri defeated Blunt and Missouri Treasurer Wendell Bailey 44%–15% in the Republican primary election, defeating Blunt and Missouri Treasurer Wendell Bailey 44%–15%. Mel Carnahan lost the general election.