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In 1921, Lindsey received his LL.D. from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. That same year he represented Allen Parish in the Louisiana Constitutional Convention.<ref name=lah>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122057/http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php|title=Isaac Coleman Lindsey|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}</ref>
In 1921, Lindsey received his LL.D. from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. That same year he represented Allen Parish in the Louisiana Constitutional Convention.<ref name=lah>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225122057/http://www.lahistory.org/site29.php|title=Isaac Coleman Lindsey|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}</ref>
At this time, Lindsey was already married for seven years to the former Cora Herring (April 8, 1894 — December 1973), a native of |Rosebud in Falls County near Temple, Texas, and he was then the father of two sons, Rufus Jason Lindsey (born 1916) and Douglas Hamilton Lindsey (1919–2006). Rufus Lindsey became a playwright in [[London]], [[England]], and a friend of numerous Hollywood stars.<ref>Joan Wiley Luck, "Days Gone By II, Mindenmemories.org, no longer on-line; the website had a photo of Rufus Lindsey with [[Joan Crawford]].</ref> Douglas Lindsey was the salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class of [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]].<ref>"Claybrook Cottingham (President of [[Louisiana College]]) to Deliver Student Address," ''Minden Signal-Tribune'' and ''Springhill Journal,'' April 28, 1936, p. 1.</ref>
At this time, Lindsey was already married for seven years to the former Cora Herring (April 8, 1894 — December 1973), a native of |Rosebud in Falls County near Temple, Texas, and he was then the father of two sons, Rufus Jason Lindsey (born 1916) and Douglas Hamilton Lindsey (1919–2006). Rufus Lindsey became a playwright in [[London]], [[England]], and a friend of numerous Hollywood stars.<ref>Joan Wiley Luck (daughter of former Webster Parish Clerk of Court [[Clarence D. Wiley]]), "Days Gone By II, Mindenmemories.org, no longer on-line; the website had a photo of Rufus Lindsey with [[Joan Crawford]].</ref> Douglas Lindsey was the salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class of [[Minden (Louisiana) High School|Minden High School]].<ref>"Claybrook Cottingham (President of [[Louisiana College]]) to Deliver Student Address," ''Minden Signal-Tribune'' and ''Springhill Journal,'' April 28, 1936, p. 1.</ref>
==Political life==
==Political life==