James Lankford
James Lankford (born March 4, 1968)[1] is a United States Senator from Oklahoma. He is a member of the U.S. Republican Party and has been in the Senate since January 3, 2015. He was in the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.[1]
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| United States Senator from Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumed office January 3, 2015 Serving with Alan Armstrong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tom Coburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 5th district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mary Fallin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Steve Russell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | James Paul Lankford 4 March 1968 (aged 58) Dallas, Texas, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Political party | Republican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Cindy Hennessey
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| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Texas at Austin (BS) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Senate website Campaign website | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James was born on March 4, 1968 in Dallas, Texas. He studied at University of Texas, Austin and at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Cindy Lankford and they have two daughters.[2] He used to run a youth camp in Oklahoma.[3]
The first bill in Congress sponsored by James that became law in the United States was Public Law No: 117-211 (10/17/2022), the End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022.[4]
James has said that Vladimir Putin and January 6 rioters are thugs.[5][6]
James Lankford Media
James Lankford Senate photo, 114th Congress
Lankford speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2016
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lankford, JamesOffice of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
- ↑ Meet James (in en-US). Senator James Lankford. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Adams, Brent. LOCAL Closer Look: U.S. Senator James Lankford - Oklahoma (in en). Positive Encouraging K-LOVE. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK. Text - S.3470 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022. www.congress.gov (2022-10-17). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Staff, KOCO. 'We do not encourage what happened today': Lankford delivers powerful speech following chaos in DC (in en). KOCO (2021-01-07). Retrieved 2025-10-28.
- ↑ Lankford, James. Post. X.com (2023-09-25).
Other websites
Media related to James Lankford at Wikimedia Commons- James Lankford, U.S. Senator for Oklahoma, Home Page
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