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On April 8, 1930, Lindsey ran for [[mayor]] of Minden but lost to the incumbent, [[Henry L. Bridges]]. In that contest, Bridges polled 519 votes (56.4 percent) to 402 ballots (43.6 percent) for Lindsey.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' April 10, 1930, p. 1.</ref>
On April 8, 1930, Lindsey ran for [[mayor]] of Minden but lost to the incumbent, [[Henry L. Bridges]]. In that contest, Bridges polled 519 votes (56.4 percent) to 402 ballots (43.6 percent) for Lindsey.<ref>''Minden Herald,'' April 10, 1930, p. 1.</ref>
As the President pro tempore of the Louisiana State Senate, Coleman became lieutenant governor in the summer of 1939, when Earl Long, who had been elected as lieutenant governor in 1936, succeeded to the governorship on the resignation of the scandal-plagued Richard W. Leche of [[New Orleans]] during a time known as the "Louisiana Hayride," not to be confused with the former [[Country music]] program of the same name in [[Shreveport]]. Lindsey did not run for lieutenant governor in 1940, but Long sought a full term, only to be unseated by intraparty rival, [[Sam Houston Jones]] of Lake Charles. Long ultimately defeated Jones in 1948 and won a second full term as well in 1956.
As the President pro tempore of the Louisiana State Senate, Coleman became lieutenant governor in the summer of 1939, when Earl Long, who had been elected as lieutenant governor in 1936, succeeded to the governorship on the resignation of the scandal-plagued [[Richard Leche|Richard Webster Leche, Sr.]], of [[New Orleans]] during a time known as the "Louisiana Hayride," not to be confused with the former [[Country music]] program of the same name in [[Shreveport]]. Lindsey did not run for lieutenant governor in 1940, but Long sought a full term, only to be unseated by intraparty rival, [[Sam Houston Jones]] of Lake Charles. Long ultimately defeated Jones in 1948 and won a second full term as well in 1956.
After his service as lieutenant governor, Coleman resumed the practice of law in Minden but later returned permanently to Baton Rouge.<ref name=lah/> He and Cora had three other sons, Lewis Hughes Lindsey (1922–2000), James Hall Lindsey (born 1925), and David Lindsey (born 1928). David Lindsey, like his brother Douglas earlier, graduated second in his class at Minden High School in 1945 class.<ref>"inden High School Valedictorians and Salutatorians," Mindenmemories.net; no longer on-line.</ref>
After his service as lieutenant governor, Coleman resumed the practice of law in Minden but later returned permanently to Baton Rouge.<ref name=lah/> He and Cora had three other sons, Lewis Hughes Lindsey (1922–2000), James Hall Lindsey (born 1925), and David Lindsey (born 1928). David Lindsey, like his brother Douglas earlier, graduated second in his class at Minden High School in 1945 class.<ref>"inden High School Valedictorians and Salutatorians," Mindenmemories.net; no longer on-line.</ref>