Blunt, Roy D., 1950-

LC control no.	n 88002867
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Blunt, Roy D., 1950- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Birth date	19500110
Place of birth	Niangua, Mo.
Affiliation	Southwest Baptist University (Bolivar, Mo.) Missouri State University United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. Senate Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupation	Legislators
Found in	Mo. Opportunity 2000 Commission. Report of the Missouri Opportunity 2000 Commission, 1987: p. iii (Roy D. Blunt, secretary of state, co-chairman, Missouri Opportunity 2000 Commission) Official manual, state of Mo., 87-88: p. 63 (Roy D. Blunt, b. 1-10-1950) Missouri. Governor's Advisory Council on Literacy. Interim report, 1989: t.p. (Roy Blunt) Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, June 11, 2013: (Blunt, Roy, Senate years of service: 2011- ; a Senator and a Representative from Missouri; born in Niangua, Webster County, Mo., January 10, 1950; graduated Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo., B.A., 1970; graduated Missouri State University, Springfield, Mo., M.A., 1972; high school history teacher; clerk and chief election officer, Greene County, Mo. 1973-1984; Missouri state secretary of state 1984-1993; president, Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, Mo. 1993-1996; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifth and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1997-January 3, 2011); majority whip (One Hundred Eighth through One Hundred Ninth Congresses); acting majority leader (One Hundred Ninth Congress, September 28, 2005-February 2, 2006); minority whip (One Hundred Tenth Congress); was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 2010 for the term ending January 3, 2017; vice-chair, Republican Conference (2012-).
Associated language	eng