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By 1971, he had switched parties again to contest the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination to challenge the reelection of [[Richard M. Nixon]]. He was eliminated early in the contest, and the nomination went to the liberal [[U.S. Senator]] [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]], who won only [[Massachusetts]] and the [[District of Columbia]].

By 1971, he had switched parties again to contest the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination to challenge the reelection of [[Richard M. Nixon]]. He was eliminated early in the contest, and the nomination went to the liberal [[U.S. Senator]] [[George McGovern]] of [[South Dakota]], who won only [[Massachusetts]] and the [[District of Columbia]].

Born on West End Avenue in the [[Manhattan]] borough, Lindsay was a son of George Nelson Lindsay, an investment banker and lawyer, and the former Florence Eleanor Vliet, hence his middle name. Lindsay attended exclusive private schools: the Buckley School in New York City, St. Paul's School in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], and then [[Yale University]] and Yale Law School in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], from which he received his law degree in 1948. He joined the New York firm of Webster & Sheffield, of which he was later made a partner.​​<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/nyregion/john-v-lindsay-mayor-and-maverick-dies-at-79.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=John V. Lindsay, Mayor and Maverick, Dies at 79|author=Robert D. McFadden|date= December 21, 2000|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|page=A1|accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref>  

Born on West End Avenue in the Hell's Kitchen section of the [[Manhattan]] borough, Lindsay was a son of George Nelson Lindsay, an investment banker and lawyer, and the former Florence Eleanor Vliet, hence his middle name. Lindsay attended exclusive private schools: the Buckley School in New York City, St. Paul's School in [[Concord]], [[New Hampshire]], and then [[Yale University]] and Yale Law School in New Haven, [[Connecticut]], from which he received his law degree in 1948. He joined the New York firm of Webster & Sheffield, of which he was later made a partner.​​<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/21/nyregion/john-v-lindsay-mayor-and-maverick-dies-at-79.html?sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=John V. Lindsay, Mayor and Maverick, Dies at 79|author=Robert D. McFadden|date= December 21, 2000|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|page=A1|accessdate=May 23, 2020}}</ref>  

In 1943, he joined the [[United States Navy]], in which he obtained the rank of lieutenant. He participated in the Pacific Theater of Operations and in the invasion of [[Sicily]]. He earned five battle stars. In 1949, when admitted to the bar, he married the former Mary Anne Harrison (1926-2004), whom he had met at the wedding of Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, a sister of later [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. He was a groomsman and she a bridesmaid. A distant relative of Presidents [[William Henry Harrison]] and [[Benjamin Harrison]], she graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Mary was considered to be essential to the workings of her husband's administration. The couple had three daughters and a son, John, Jr. (born 1960), who was sentenced to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to attempting to sell [[cocaine]] to an undercover police officer. The arrest was part of a large-scale [[narcotics]] investigation in Suffolk County, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/01/nyregion/the-city-john-v-lindsay-jr-is-given-6-months.html|title=The City: John V. Lindsay, Jr., Is Given 6 Months|date=October 1, 1983|publisher=''The New York Times''|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>

In 1943, he joined the [[United States Navy]], in which he obtained the rank of lieutenant. He participated in the Pacific Theater of Operations and in the invasion of [[Sicily]]. He earned five battle stars. In 1949, when admitted to the bar, he married the former Mary Anne Harrison (1926-2004), whom he had met at the wedding of Nancy Walker Bush Ellis, a sister of later [[U.S. President]] [[George Herbert Walker Bush]]. He was a groomsman and she a bridesmaid. A distant relative of Presidents [[William Henry Harrison]] and [[Benjamin Harrison]], she graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. Mary was considered to be essential to the workings of her husband's administration. The couple had three daughters and a son, John, Jr. (born 1960), who was sentenced to six months in jail after he pleaded guilty to attempting to sell [[cocaine]] to an undercover police officer. The arrest was part of a large-scale [[narcotics]] investigation in Suffolk County, New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/01/nyregion/the-city-john-v-lindsay-jr-is-given-6-months.html|title=The City: John V. Lindsay, Jr., Is Given 6 Months|date=October 1, 1983|publisher=''The New York Times''|accessdate=May 24, 2020}}</ref>

During his time in politics, Lindsay was also a regular guest host of [[ABC]]'s ''Good Morning America.''   

During his time in politics, Lindsay was also a regular guest host of [[ABC]]'s ''Good Morning America.''   

Lindsay died at the age of seventy-nine of [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[pneumonia]] at Hilton Head Island, [[South Carolina]]. His medical bills wiped out much of the family's savings.​ Mrs. Lindsay followed him in death four years later.

Lindsay died at the age of seventy-nine of [[Parkinson's disease]] and [[pneumonia]] at Hilton Head Island, [[South Carolina]]. His medical bills wiped out much of the family's savings.​ Mrs. Lindsay followed him in death four years later. Named in his honor is an East River park and the Wildcat Academy Charter School.

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