Blanche Lincoln, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Blanche Lincoln

American politician

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1960

Place of Birth: Helena, Arkansas, United States

Profession: politician, congressional staff

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born September 30, 1960) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S.
Senator from Arkansas from 1999 to 2011.
A member of the Democratic Party, Lincoln 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, at age 38, was the youngest woman ever 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 was the first woman and the first Arkansan to serve as chair of the U.S.
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
She also served as the Chair of Rural Outreach for the Senate Democratic Caucus.
In 2010, she ran for a third term, but was defeated by Republican John Boozman, whose brother, Fay Boozman, she defeated in 1998.Today, she is the Founder and a Principal of Lincoln Policy Group, a consulting firm that assist its clients in successfully navigating the legislative and regulatory bureaucracies of the federal government.