Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is the senior U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman elected to the Senate. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 19...
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Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is the senior U.S. Senator from Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. First elected to the Senate in 1998, she was the first woman elected to the Senate from Arkansas since Hattie Caraway in 1932 and, at age 38, was the youngest woman elected to the Senate. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.
Lincoln is the first woman to serve as chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. She is currently seeking a third term in 2010.
A seventh-generation Arkansan, Blanche Lambert was born in Helena, Phillips County, to Jordan and Martha (née Kelly) Lambert. Her father was a farmer who grew rice and cotton. Her older sister, Mary Lambert, is a film director. She received her early education at the local public schools in Helena, and was the student council president at Central High School from 1977 to 1978....
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