The State Historical Society of Missouri board of trustees has elected recently retired U.S. Senator Roy Blunt as president of the State Historical Society for a three-year term. Former Senator Blunt has served as a trustee since 2005.

The State Historical Society of Missouri is celebrating its 125th anniversary of founding by the Missouri Press Association in 1898 and its establishment as a trustee of the state a year later. The State Historical Society collects, preserves and shares with the public materials related to all aspects and periods of Missouri history. Its vast holdings include newspapers, manuscripts, rare books, maps, oral histories, photographs, editorial cartoons and an extensive art collection of important works related to the state’s history and westward expansion.

Senator Blunt was elected to the U.S House of Representatives in 1996 and U.S Senate in 2010. Senator Blunt retired in January of 2023. Before serving in Congress he was a history teacher, county official, Missouri Secretary of State and also served as president of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar.