Washington Ellsworth Lindsey

Washington Ellsworth Lindsey (born December 20, 1862 in Armstrong , Wayne County , Ohio , † April 5, 1926 in Portales , New Mexico ) was an American politician and from 1917 to 1919 the third governor of the state of New Mexico.

Early years

Washington Lindsey attended Scio College in Alliance (Ohio) until 1884 . He then studied law at the University of Michigan until 1891 and worked as a lawyer in Chicago for ten years before moving to Portales in the New Mexico Territory .

Political rise

Lindsey was a member of the Republican Party . Between 1903 and 1905 he was an administrative clerk in Roosevelt County , and between 1905 and 1909 he was the assistant district attorney there. He was then mayor of Portales from 1909 to 1910. Lindsey was also a member of the New Mexico Constituent Assembly, which sat between 1910 and 1912. In 1916 he was elected lieutenant governor of his state. In this capacity he served only 49 days because he had to end his term after the death of Governor Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca on February 18, 1917.

Governor of New Mexico

Between February 19, 1917 and January 1, 1919, Washington Lindsey was governor of his state. During his tenure, the United States entered the First World War; the governor supported the war effort of the federal government under President Woodrow Wilson . At that time, the principle of secret voting was introduced in public elections. In addition, a law against corruption was passed.

Another résumé

After the end of his tenure, Lindsey worked primarily as a lawyer. In June 1924 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Cleveland , where Calvin Coolidge was nominated as a presidential candidate. Washington Lindsey died on April 5, 1926. He was married twice and had three children.

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SURNAME	Lindsey, Washington Ellsworth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH	Armstrong , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH	April 5, 1926
Place of death	Portales , New Mexico