Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln was born in Helena, Phillips County, Arkansas, on September 30, 1960.
Lincoln earned her bachelor's degree in biology at Randolph-Macon Woma n's College in Lynchburg, Virginia , in 1982 . She moved to Washington, DC, and became an aid e to Congressman Bill Alexander before joining the law firm Broadhurst , Brook, Mangham, Hardy and Reed . Lincoln then worked for tax attorney Ted Jones and later for t he government-relations firm Pagonis and Donnelly Group .
Lincoln served in the United States Congress from 1992 to 1996 , where she sat on the Energy and Commerce, Natural Resource s , and Agriculture Committees . In 1999 s he beca me the youngest woman ever to serve as a US Senator . Lincoln sat on several Senate committees, including the Committee on Finance , and was the first woman to chair the Committee on Agri culture , Nutrition and Forestry . Since leaving public office in 2011 , Lincoln has be en elected to the board of Entergy Corporation , worked with Senator Bob Dole at Alston and Bird LLP, an d started the Lincoln Policy Group.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Blanche Lambert Lincoln and still frame from Pryor Center video interview
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#2: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's father, Jordan Lambert
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#3: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's mother, Martha Kelly Lambert
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#4: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's father, Jordan Lambert, holding a turkey
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#5: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's extended family
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#6: Blanche Lambert (Lincoln) (front) with her father, Jordan Lambert, siblings, Ann, Jordan, and Mary; and grandfather, Jordan Lambert (far right); Easter Sunday
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#7: Back row: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's mother, Martha Lambert; aunt, Blanche Lambert Choate; cousin, Betty Choate; grandmother, Blanche Lambert; front row: Blanche Lambert (Lincoln); cousin, Martha Choate; brother, Jordan Lambert; cousin, Tom Choate
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#8: Blanche Lambert Lincoln and her mother, Martha Lambert, 1963
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#9: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's grandparents, Jordan and Blanche Lambert, ca. early 1960s
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#10: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's grandmother, Blanche Meyers Lambert; Moon Lake, Mississippi
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#11: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's father, Jordan Lambert
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#12: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's mother, Martha Lambert
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#13: Blanche Lambert Lincoln at the beach in Florida, ca. late 1960s
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#14: Blanche Lambert Lincoln with her family
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#15: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's mother, Martha Lambert, with Bob McCord
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#16: Blanche Lambert Lincoln (right) with her sister, Mary; Antibes, France
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#17: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's grandmother-in-law, Ruth Lincoln, on her 108th birthday
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#18: Blanche Lambert Lincoln (left) at her inauguration, with her mother, Martha Lambert; Washington, DC
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#19: Blanche Lambert Lincoln (right) with her cousin, Martha Choate
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#20: Blanche Lambert Lincoln (right) with her assistant, Kelly Bingle
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#21: Blanche Lambert Lincoln and her husband, Steve Lincoln
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#22: Blanche and Steve Lincoln in a duck blind
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#23: Blanche Lambert Lincoln with her twin sons, Bennett and Reece Lincoln, and Kate the lab
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#24: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's father, Jordan Lambert, with her son, Reece Lincoln, and Kate the lab
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#25: Blanche and Steve Lincoln, with sons, Bennett and Reece
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#26: Blanche and Steve Lincoln, with sons, Bennett and Reece
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#27: Blanche Lambert Lincoln's mother, Martha Lambert; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#28: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Blanche Lambert Lincoln; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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#29: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Blanche Lambert Lincoln; Little Rock, Arkansas, 2012
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