James G. Lindsley

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James Girard Lindsley (March 19, 1819 - December 4, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from New York.

Born in Orange, New Jersey, Lindsley attended the public schools, Ransom's Military Academy, and Pierson's Orange Classical School. He moved to New York and was a trustee of the village of Rondout, New York from 1859 to 1864. He served as president of the village of Rondout in 1852 and 1867-1869.

Lindsley was elected supervisor of Kingston, New York, in March 1872 and in April of the same year was elected the first mayor of Kingston, to which office he was reelected for six consecutive years.

Lindsley was elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887). He was not a candidate for reelection in 1886. He served as general manager of the Newark Lime & Cement Manufacturing Co., Kingston, New York, and was the organizer and president of the Kingston Water Co. He died in Kingston, New York, on December 4, 1898. He was interred in Montrepose Cemetery, Rondout, New York.

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• James G. Lindsley at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress