George H. Lindsay

George H. Lindsay, 1902 engraving

George Henry Lindsay (January 7, 1837 – May 25, 1916) was a United States Representative from New York.

Life

He was born in Manhattan, New York City on January 7, 1837. 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 (Kings Co., 7th D.) in 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885 and 1886; and was Coroner of Kings County, New York 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 Cemetery of the Evergreens, Brooklyn.

Legacy

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

References

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

External links

• George H. Lindsay at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Mitchell May	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 6th congressional district 1901–1903	Succeeded by Robert Baker
Preceded by John J. Fitzgerald	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 2nd congressional district 1903–1913	Succeeded by Denis O'Leary