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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 ...
As a senior member of the Energy & Natural Resources Committee, Senator Lincoln worked to produce bipartisan legislation, improving energy efficiency and enhancing domestic energy supplies — including, nuclear and renewable sources.
When Blanche Lambert Lincoln took the oath of office in the U.S. Senate on January 6, 1999, she was the youngest member of that body at age 39. As a member of the House of Representatives (1993–1997) and as a senator, Lincoln enjoyed working across the aisle.
Blanche Lambert Lincoln served as a U.S. senator for Arkansas from 1999-2011. Lincoln became the second woman from Arkansas and the youngest woman to ever be elected to the United States Senate.
The Honorable Blanche Lincoln. On November 3, 1998, Senator Blanche L. Lincoln made history when she became the youngest woman ever elected to the United States Senate at the age of 38 – a milestone that still exist today.
13 gru 2023 · She was the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate from Arkansas since Hattie W. Caraway in 1932, the youngest woman elected to the Senate, and was mentioned as a possible running mate for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the 2004 election.
Blanche L. Lincoln, the Senator from Arkansas - in Congress from 2009 through 2011
