Coleman Lindsey

Isaac Coleman Lindsey ( born October 12, 1892, at Webster Parish, Louisiana, † November 15, 1968 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana ) was an American politician. In the years 1939 and 1940, he was appointed acting lieutenant governor of the state of Louisiana.

Career

The Lindsey Coleman was born in what is now Allen Parish grew up on the farm of his grandparents and attended the common schools and the Oakdale High School. Then he taught intermittently as a teacher. After a subsequent law degree from Louisiana State University and his 1921 was admitted to the bar he began to work as a lawyer. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career. Within his party he belonged at the state level to the leaf to Huey Long. Since 1922 he lived in Minden. Between 1924 and 1928, and again from 1932 to 1940 he sat in the Senate of Louisiana, where he was also chairman of several committees. In 1930, he ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Minden. In 1939, Lindsey was President Pro Tempore of the State Senate.

Following the resignation of Governor Richard W. Leche Vice Governor Earl Long became his successor. According to the state constitution now took over the President Pro Tempore of the State Senate, Coleman Lindsey, provisionally the post of lieutenant governor, which he held until the end of the term of office in 1940. He was assistant to the governor and official Chairman of the State Senate. In 1940 he gave up the possibility of re-election. After the end of his time as Lieutenant Governor, he practiced as a lawyer again. Later he moved to Baton Rouge. Since 1950 until his death he was a judge in the 19th Judicial District of Louisiana. He died on November 15, 1968 in Baton Rouge.