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 Woman's College in Lynchburg, Virginia, in 1982. She moved to Washington, DC, and became an aide 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 the 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 Resources, and Agriculture Committees. In 1999 she became 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 Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry. Since leaving public office in 2011, Lincoln has been elected to the board of Entergy Corporation, worked with Senator Bob Dole at Alston and Bird LLP, and 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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