Wallace Henry "Pat" Lindsey, III (March 17, 1936 – January 11, 2009) was a
Democratic member of the
Alabama Senate, representing the 22nd District from 1982 until his death in 2009.
Lindsey first won election to the
Alabama Senate for the
18th district in 1966. He served eight years, being reelected in 1970. He then retired from politics for more than a decade. He returned to the political arena in 1990, defeating incumbent Rick Manley.
Lindsey's family has been prominent in the area of Butler, Alabama in Choctaw County for generations. After earning a degree in geology at the
University of Alabama
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, Lindsey attended law school there and became a practicing attorney. Lindsey was married twice with both marriages ending in divorce. He was the father of two children.
External links
Alabama State Legislature - Senator W.H. 'Pat' Lindseyofficial government website
Project Vote Smart - Senator W.H. 'Pat' Lindsey (AL)profile
*''Follow the Money'' - Pat Lindsey
200620021998
campaign contributions
Pat Lindsey
official website
2009 deaths
1936 births
Alabama state senators
University of Alabama alumni
Politicians from Meridian, Mississippi
20th-century American legislators
20th-century Alabama politicians
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