Lambert-Lincoln, Blanche, 1960-

Blanche Meyers Lambert Lincoln (born 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 youngest woman ever elected to the Senate at age 38. She previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arkansas's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1997.

A native of Helena, Arkansas, Blanche Lambert attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville before graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1982. After graduating from college, Lincoln served as a staff assistant for U.S. Representative Bill Alexander, a Democrat from Arkansas's 1st congressional district. She remained in Alexander's office until 1984. From 1985 until 1991, she worked for lobbying firms as a researcher.

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