Pat Lindsey Explained

Pat Lindsey
Office:Member of the Alabama Senate
Term Start:November 6, 1990
Term End:January 11, 2009
Predecessor:Rick Manley
Successor:Marc Keahey
Constituency:22nd district
Term Start2:November 8, 1966
Term End2:November 5, 1974
Predecessor2:H. P. James
Successor2:Obie J. Littleton
Constituency2:18th district
Birth Date:17 March 1936
Birth Place:Meridian, Mississippi
Death Place:Boligee, Alabama
Spouse:Tricia
Profession:Attorney
Party:Democratic

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, 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.

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