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'''John Vliet Lindsay, Sr.''' (November 24, 1921 –  December 19, 2000) was an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]], [[politician]], and broacaster who served two-terms as the [[mayor]] of [[New York City]] from 1966 to 1974. Considered perhaps the most [[liberal]] of any Republican in the country, Lindsay represented [[New York]]'s 17th "Silk Stocking" congressional district from 1959 to 1965. Elected mayor in 1965, he defeated the more [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] opponent, [[U.S. Representative]] Mario Procccacino and the ''[[National Review]]'' publisher [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], the nominee of the New York Conservative Party.,a  breakaway from the GOP. When he lost the Republican nomination in 1969 to conservative state Senator John J. Marchi of [[Staten Island]], Lindsay temporarily switched to the banner of the New York Liberal Party to win the [[general election]].  

'''John Vliet Lindsay, Sr.''' (November 24, 1921 –  December 19, 2000) was an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]], [[politician]], and broacaster who served two-terms as the [[mayor]] of [[New York City]] from 1966 to 1974. Considered perhaps the most [[liberal]] of any Republican in the country, Lindsay represented [[New York]]'s 17th "Silk Stocking" congressional district from 1959 to 1965.  

 

Elected mayor in 1965, he defeated the more [[conservative]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] opponent, [[U.S. Representative]] Mario Procccacino and the ''[[National Review]]'' publisher [[William F. Buckley, Jr.]], the nominee of the New York Conservative Party.,a  breakaway from the GOP. When he lost the Republican nomination in 1969 to conservative state Senator John J. Marchi of [[Staten Island]], Lindsay temporarily switched to the banner of the New York Liberal Party to win the [[general election]].  

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]].