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Line 43: + + + + − In 1921, Lindsey received his LL.D. from [[Louisiana State University]] at [[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>{{cite web|url= http://www.mindenmemories.org/Days%20Gone%20By%20II.htm|author=Joan Wiley Luck|title=Days Gone By II|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=July 10, 2009; no longer on-line}} The website includes a photo of Rufus Lindsey with [[Joan Crawford]].</ref> Douglas Lindsey was the salutatorian of the 1936 graduating class of [[Minden High School (Minden, Louisiana)|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> − − − − + − + − +
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Lindsey was born to Rufus B. Lindsey, a native of Webster Parish, when it was part of Claiborne Parish, and the former Lydia Hamilton in Dry Creek in Calcasieu Parish (now Allen Parish) near [[Lake Charles]] in southwestern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm and was reared by his maternal grandparents, the Reverend Isaac Hamilton and the former Lydia Eliza Simmons. He lived for a time in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish, and attended the "Ten Mile School" and Oakdale High School in Oakdale in Allen Parish. Lindsey taught school for a time and was assistant state treasurer under Howell Morgan. He was also a former clerk of the Allen Parish Police Jury (the parish governing body akin to the county commission in other states).<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|title=Coleman Lindsey|publisher=usgwarchives|accessdate=July 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230235432/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|archivedate=December 30, 2008}} This material is derived from [[Henry E. Chambers]], ''A History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 2, [[Chicago]] and [[New York]]: American Historical Society, 1925, p. 169.</ref>
Lindsey was born to Rufus B. Lindsey, a native of Webster Parish, when it was part of Claiborne Parish, and the former Lydia Hamilton in Dry Creek in Calcasieu Parish (now Allen Parish) near [[Lake Charles]] in southwestern Louisiana. He grew up on a farm and was reared by his maternal grandparents, the Reverend Isaac Hamilton and the former Lydia Eliza Simmons. He lived for a time in DeRidder in Beauregard Parish, and attended the "Ten Mile School" and Oakdale High School in Oakdale in Allen Parish. Lindsey taught school for a time and was assistant state treasurer under Howell Morgan. He was also a former clerk of the Allen Parish Police Jury (the parish governing body akin to the county commission in other states).<ref name=archives>{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|title=Coleman Lindsey|publisher=usgwarchives|accessdate=July 10, 2009|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230235432/http://files.usgwarchives.org/la/calcasieu/bios/lindseyh.txt|archivedate=December 30, 2008}} This material is derived from [[Henry E. Chambers]], ''A History of Louisiana,'' Vol. 2, [[Chicago]] and [[New York]]: American Historical Society, 1925, p. 169.</ref>
In 1921, Lindsey received his LL.D. from [[Louisiana State University]] at [[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>{{cite web|url= http://www.mindenmemories.org/Days%20Gone%20By%20II.htm|author=Joan Wiley Luck|title=Days Gone By II|publisher=mindenmemories.org|accessdate=July 10, 2009; no longer on-line}} The website includes 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==
In 1922, Lindsey and his family moved to [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana to join District Attorney R. H. Lee in the practice of law. Within two years of relocation, he was elected to the state senate from the district encompassing Bossier and Webster parishes. He was aligned with the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction in the legislature.<ref name=lah/> Lindsey served from 1924 to 1928 and was succeeded by Bossier Parish banker Volney Voss Whittington (1893-1974). Lindsey returned to the Senate from 1932 to 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201223458/http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2004.pdf|author=Arthur E. McEnany, M.A., M.L.S., ed.|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2004|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}</ref> In the Senate, he was the chairman of the Committee on Health, Quarantine, Drainage and Charitable Institutions and vice chairman of the Committee on Banking. He served on the committees on Corporations, Parochial and Municipal Affairs; Elections, Qualifications and Registrations; the Judiciary, Railroads, Insurance and Industries. He was also a member of committee of five in charge of the 1924 inaugural ceremonies for Governor Henry L. Fuqua.<ref name=archives/>
In 1922, Lindsey and his family moved to [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana to join District Attorney R. H. Lee in the practice of law. Within two years of relocation, he was elected to the state senate from the district encompassing Bossier and Webster parishes. He was aligned with the [[Huey Long|Long]] faction in the legislature.<ref name=lah/> Lindsey served from 1924 to 1928 and was succeeded by Bossier Parish banker Volney Voss Whittington (1893-1974). Lindsey returned to the Senate from 1932 to 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201223458/http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/s1880-2004.pdf|author=Arthur E. McEnany, M.A., M.L.S., ed.|title=Membership of the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2004|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=November 7, 2019}}</ref> In the Senate, he was the chairman of the Committee on Health, Quarantine, Drainage and Charitable Institutions and vice chairman of the Committee on Banking. He served on the committees on Corporations, Parochial and Municipal Affairs; Elections, Qualifications and Registrations; the Judiciary, Railroads, Insurance and Industries. He was also a member of committee of five in charge of the 1924 inaugural ceremonies for Governor Henry L. Fuqua.<ref name=archives/>
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, Louisiana|Shreveport]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgr.org/about/history/|title=History of BGR|publisher=bgr.org|accessdate=July 10, 2009}}</ref> Coleman 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 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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bgr.org/about/history/|title=History of BGR|publisher=bgr.org|accessdate=July 10, 2009}}</ref> 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>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.net/MHS%20Valedictorians.htm|title=Minden High School Valedictorians and Salutatorians|publisher=mindenmemories.net|accessdate=July 10, 2009; 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>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindenmemories.net/MHS%20Valedictorians.htm|title=Minden High School Valedictorians and Salutatorians|publisher=mindenmemories.net|accessdate=July 10, 2009; no longer on-line}}</ref>
In 1950, Lindsey, a member of the East Baton Rouge Bar Association, became a judge for the 19th Judicial District, Division D, a position that he held for the remainder of his life. He was known for banning the [[NAACP]] from operating in the state of Louisiana under a 1924 law originally designed to ban the Ku Klux Klan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19560425-01.2.14&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|title=Louisiana outlaws NAACP under old Ku Klux Klan Ban|publisher=''The Stanford Daily''|date=April 25, 1956}}</ref> He served as presiding judge from 1960 to 1968. Lindsey was active in the Knights Templar and the Masonic lodge and its related component, the Shriners.<ref name=lah/> Lindsey wrote at least three scholarly works, including ''The Courts of Louisiana.''<ref>"Senator Lindsey Writes Textbook," ''Webster Review,'' April 4, 1938, p. 1.</ref>
In 1950, Lindsey, a member of the East Baton Rouge Bar Association, became a judge for the 19th Judicial District, Division D, a position that he held for the remainder of his life. He was known for banning the [[NAACP]] from operating in the state of Louisiana under a 1924 law originally designed to ban the Ku Klux Klan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19560425-01.2.14&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|title=Louisiana outlaws NAACP under old Ku Klux Klan Ban|publisher=''The Stanford Daily''|date=April 25, 1956}}</ref> He served as presiding judge from 1960 to 1968. Lindsey was active in the Knights Templar and the Masonic lodge and its related component, the Shriners.<ref name=lah/> Lindsey wrote at least three scholarly works, including ''The Courts of Louisiana.''<ref>"Senator Lindsey Writes Textbook," ''Webster Review,'' April 4, 1938, p. 1.</ref>