Blanche Lincoln
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Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born Blanche Meyers Lambert; September 30, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the Senate in 1998; she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38.[1] She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
Blanche Lincoln | |
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United States Senator from Arkansas | |
In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Dale Bumpers |
Succeeded by | John Boozman |
Chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee | |
In office September 9, 2009 – January 3, 2011 | |
Preceded by | Tom Harkin |
Succeeded by | Debbie Stabenow |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arkansas's 1st district | |
In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 | |
Preceded by | William Alexander |
Succeeded by | Marion Berry |
Personal details | |
Born | Blanche Meyers Lambert (1960-09-30) September 30, 1960 (age 63) Helena, Arkansas, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Steve Lincoln (m. 1994) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Mary Lambert (sister) Lincoln family (by marriage) |
Education | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Randolph College (BS) |
Signature | |
Lincoln questions CBO director Peter Orszag at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on economic stimuli Recorded January 22, 2008 | |
Lincoln was the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.[1] She also served as the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus. In 2010, she ran for a third term, but was defeated in a landslide by Republican John Boozman, whose brother, Fay Boozman, she had defeated in 1998.[2] She is the founder and a principal of Lincoln Policy Group, a consulting firm.[3]