George H. Lindsay

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George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 - May 25, 1916) was a United States Representative from New York. Born in New York City, he moved with his parents to Brooklyn in 1843. He attended the public schools and engaged in the real estate and investment business. He was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1882 to 1886 and was coroner of Kings County from 1886 to 1892. He was appointed assistant tax commissioner in 1898, and was a delegate to various national and State conventions.

Lindsay was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1901 to March 3, 1913. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1912 and lived in retirement until his death in Brooklyn in 1916. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery.

George H. Lindsay's son, George Washington Lindsay, was also a U.S. Representative from New York/

[edit] References

• George H. Lindsay at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] External links

• George H. Lindsay at Find A Grave