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Barbara Blanton
Barbara Lean Blanton (nee Yarbrough, born 1937/1938) is an American politician from Mississippi. She represented Rankin County in the Mississippi State Senate from 1988 to 1992 and was an unsuccessful candidate for Secretary of State of Mississippi in 1995. Early life and career Barbara Lean Yarbrough was born in 1937 or 1938 to Clarence Yarbrough and grew up on a farm near Terry, Mississippi. She graduated from Terry High School and then attended Hinds Junior College, where she met and married her husband, Terrell D. "Ted" Blanton circa 1957. Ted served in the United States Navy from 1961 to 1974, and the couple moved around several times while raising their three children. She later attended Millsaps College, graduating in 1976. During her time there, she earned the Biology Research Award for her research on Hodgkin's lymphoma. Blanton has run a tractor dealership and a floral shop. Political career In April 1987, Blanton announced her candidacy to represent the 30th Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US Republican Party
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported classica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
