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James Lankford

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James Lankford
Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee
In office
December 19, 2019  February 3, 2021
Preceded byJohnny Isakson
Succeeded byChris Coons
United States Senator
from Oklahoma
Assumed office
January 3, 2015
Serving with Markwayne Mullin
Preceded byTom Coburn
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Oklahoma's 5th district
In office
January 3, 2011  January 3, 2015
Preceded byMary Fallin
Succeeded bySteve Russell
Personal details
Born
James Paul Lankford

(1968-03-04) March 4, 1968 (age 57)
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)
Cindy Hennessey
(m. 1992)
Children2
EducationUniversity of Texas, Austin (BS)
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MDiv)
WebsiteSenate website

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]

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]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Lankford, James". Office of Art and Archives and Office of the Historian, The United States Congress. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
  2. "Meet James". Senator James Lankford. Archived from the original on 2025-05-13. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  3. Adams, Brent. "LOCAL Closer Look: U.S. Senator James Lankford - Oklahoma". Positive Encouraging K-LOVE. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  4. Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK (2022-10-17). "Text - S.3470 - 117th Congress (2021-2022): End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022". www.congress.gov. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  5. Staff, KOCO (2021-01-07). "'We do not encourage what happened today': Lankford delivers powerful speech following chaos in DC". KOCO. Retrieved 2025-10-28.
  6. Lankford, James (2023-09-25). "Post". X.com.

Other websites

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