Roy Blunt: Difference between revisions

|term_end3 = February 3, 2021

|predecessor3 = [[Richard Shelby]]

|term_start4 = January 3, 2015

|term_end4 = January 3, 2017

|predecessor4 = [[Chuck Schumer]]

|office5 = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Minority Whip]]

|leader5 = [[John Boehner]]

|successor5 = [[Eric Cantor]]

|office6 = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Majority Leader]]

|leader6 = [[Dennis Hastert]]

|term_start6 = September 29, 2005

|term_end6 = February 2, 2006

|predecessor6 = [[Tom DeLay]]

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|term_start7 = January 3, 2003

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|successor7 = [[Jim Clyburn]]

|office8 = [[Party leaders of the United States House of Representatives|House Republican Chief Deputy Whip]]

|term_start8 = January 3, 1999

|term_end8 = January 3, 2003

|state9 = [[Missouri]]

|district9 = {{ushr|MO|7|7th}}

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|children = 4, including [[Matt Blunt|Matt]]

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'''Roy Dean Blunt'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legistorm.com/member/131/Rep_Roy_Blunt.html|title=Representative Roy Blunt (R-Missouri, 7th)|publisher=LegiStorm|access-date=2014-08-20}}</ref> (born January 10, 1950) is an American <!-- Do not add any other professions here -->politician who served as a [[United States Senate|United States senator]] from [[Missouri]] from 2011 to 2023. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he previously served as the 33rd [[List of Missouri secretaries of state|Missouri Secretary of State]] (1985–1993) and [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Missouri's 7th congressional district]] (1997–2011).

Blunt successfully ran for the U.S. Senate in 2010. The next year, he was elected [[Vice Chairman of the United States Senate Republican Conference|vice chairman]] of the Senate Republican Conference.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-12-13/senate-republicans-elect-thune-no-3-leader-as-alexander-focuses-on-2014|title=Senate Republicans Elect Thune, Barrasso and Blunt to Top Posts|first=Laura|last=Litvan|date=December 13, 2011 |website=Bloomberg|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> Blunt, who was the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation, was elected to serve as [[Senate Republican Policy Committee|Policy Committee]] chairman in November 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bolton |first1=Alexander |title=McConnell reelected as leader, Thune promoted to whip |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/416616-mcconnell-re-elected-as-leader-thune-promoted-to-whip/ |website=The Hill |date=November 14, 2018 |access-date=November 17, 2018}}</ref> On March 8, 2021, he announced that he would not seek reelection in [[2022 United States Senate election in Missouri|2022]]. He was succeeded in the U.S. Senate by [[Missouri Attorney General]] [[Eric Schmitt]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tvkK689NY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/o0tvkK689NY |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|title=Blunt Announcement on 2022 Election|publisher=Roy Blunt|via=YouTube|date=2021-03-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first1=Clare|last1=Foran|first2=Ted|last2=Barrett|first3=Ethan|last3=Cohen|first4=Alex|last4=Rogers|date=March 8, 2021|title=GOP Sen. Roy Blunt announces he will not run for reelection|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/blunt-not-running-reelection/index.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Andrew Desiderio|title=Sen. Roy Blunt won't run for reelection in latest blow to GOP|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/08/gop-sen-roy-blunt-will-not-run-for-reelection-474342|access-date=2021-03-12|website=POLITICO|date=March 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosenbaum |first=Jason |date=2022-11-09 |title=Eric Schmitt punches ticket to U.S. Senate with victory over Trudy Busch Valentine |url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2022-11-08/eric-schmitt-punches-ticket-to-u-s-senate-with-victory-over-trudy-busch-valentine |access-date=2023-06-05 |website=STLPR |language=en}}</ref>

 

 

==Early life, education, and career==

In response to the [[2017 Las Vegas shooting]], Blunt said he was "saddened by the tragic loss of life" and offered his thoughts to the victims.<ref name="Leonhardt1005g">{{cite web|last1=Leonhardt|first1=David|last2=Philbrick|first2=Ian Prasad|last3=Thompson|first3=Stuart A.|title=The Congress Members Receiving the Most N.R.A. Funding|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/10/04/opinion/thoughts-prayers-nra-funding-senators.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 5, 2017|date=October 4, 2017}}</ref>

 

 

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==Family and personal life==

 

Blunt married Abigail Perlman, a lobbyist for [[Kraft Foods]]<ref name="cbsnews1"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/2994-top-corporate-lobbyists-in-d-c/|title=Top corporate lobbyists in D.C.|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=April 24, 2008|work=The Hill|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> and Philip Morris,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Farley |first=Robert |date=October 5, 2010 |title=Is ad blowing smoke about Blunt's help for Phillip Morris? |url=https://www.politifact.com/article/2010/oct/05/roy-blunt-secretly-amendment-tobacco/ |access-date=2020-09-23 |website=PolitiFact |language=en-US}}</ref> in 2003.<ref name="fueled">{{cite news |last=Lambrecht |first=Bill |date=September 12, 2010 |title=In Congress, Roy Blunt's fast ascension fueled by fundraising |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-congress-roy-blunt-s-fast-ascension-fueled-by-fundraising/article_38761c4d-9816-5c8c-b2b4-de06ecf234aa.html |access-date=September 19, 2016}}</ref> In April 2006, he and Perlman [[adoption|adopted]] Charlie Blunt, an 18-month-old boy from [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/01/russian-adoption-ban-is-personal-for-some-us-lawmakers/437043/|title=Russian Adoption Ban Is Personal for Some U.S. Lawmakers|first=Olga|last=Belogolova|work=The Atlantic|date=January 29, 2013|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=April 22, 2006|title=Rep. Blunt, wife adopt baby boy from Russia|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|edition=Third|page=A26|id=1000547887|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SL&p_theme=sl&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&s_dispstring=Alexander%20Charles%20Blunt&p_field_date-0=YMD_date&p_params_date-0=date:B,E&p_text_date-0=2006&p_field_advanced-0=&p_text_advanced-0=(%22Alexander%20Charles%20Blunt%22)&xcal_numdocs=20&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&xcal_useweights=no|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> The family lives in [[Washington, D.C.]], and also own a condo in Springfield, Missouri.<ref>{{cite web|first1=Deirdre|last1=Shesgreen|first2=Paul|last2=Singer|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/10/13/missouri-senator-roy-blunt-state-residence-issue-his-election-bid/91955536|title=Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt's D.C. address an issue in his re-election bid|work=USA Today|date=2016-10-13|access-date=2016-11-02}}</ref> Roy Blunt has six grandchildren.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.royblunt.com/about-roy|title=Friends of Roy Blunt – Meet Roy|work=royblunt.com|access-date=September 17, 2016}}</ref> He is a practicing [[Southern Baptist Convention|Southern Baptist]].<ref name=Baptist>{{cite news|title=Ten Southern Baptists sworn in as new reps|url=http://www.bpnews.net/bpnews.asp?id=34378|access-date=December 25, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226010629/http://www.bpnews.net/34378|archive-date=December 26, 2014|newspaper=Baptist Press|date=January 5, 2011}}</ref>

On August 9, 2021, Blunt was appointed an Honorary [[Officer of the Order of Australia]] (AO) "for distinguished service to Australia's bilateral relationship with the United States of America, in particular to the joint Free Trade Agreement".<ref>[https://www.gg.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-10/202108%20honorary%20appointments%20and%20award%20in%20the%20Order%20of%20Australia.pdf 2020-S2] – Honorary Officer (AO) in the General Division (9 August 2021)</ref>

 

 

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