Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1998, at 38, Lincoln became the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She is the second female senator from Arkansas, after Hattie Caraway. Lincoln is the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Lincoln is seeking a third term in November of 2010...
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Blanche Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is a United States Senator from the State of Arkansas and a member of the Democratic Party. In 1998, at 38, Lincoln became the youngest woman elected to the U.S. Senate. She is the second female senator from Arkansas, after Hattie Caraway. Lincoln is the first woman to serve as chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Lincoln is seeking a third term in November of 2010.
Blanche Lambert was born in Helena, Arkansas. She attended Arkansas public schools and graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1982. She studied law at the University of Arkansas. Her sister, Mary Lambert, went on to be a movie director.
Immediately after graduating she took a job as staff assistant to 1st District Congressman Bill Alexander and served in his office until 1984. Lambert defeated her former boss in the Democratic primary of 1992 and took his seat in the House. She was reelected to a second term...
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