<Tr> <Td> Senior United States Senator: </Td> <Td> Claire McCaskill (D) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Junior United States Senator: </Td> <Td> Roy Blunt (R) </Td> </Tr> <P> The current Constitution of Missouri, the fourth constitution for the state, was adopted in 1945 . It provides for three branches of government: the legislative, judicial, and executive branches . The legislative branch consists of two bodies: the House of Representatives and the Senate . These bodies comprise the Missouri General Assembly . </P> <P> The House of Representatives has 163 members who are apportioned based on the last decennial census . The Senate consists of 34 members from districts of approximately equal populations . The judicial department comprises the Supreme Court of Missouri, which has seven judges, the Missouri Court of Appeals (an intermediate appellate court divided into three districts), sitting in Kansas City, St. Louis, and Springfield, and 45 Circuit Courts which function as local trial courts . The executive branch is headed by the Governor of Missouri and includes five other statewide elected offices . Following the death of Tom Schweich in 2015, only one of Missouri's statewide elected offices are held by Democrats . </P>

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