John Lindsay
| John Lindsay | |
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Lindsay carrying in his budget in April 1966.
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| 103rd Mayor of New York City | |
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In office January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1973 |
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| Preceded by | Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Abraham D. Beame |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 17th district |
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In office January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965 |
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| Preceded by | Frederic René Coudert, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Theodore Kupferman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
John Vliet Lindsay November 24, 1921 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | December 19, 2000 (aged 79) Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Resting place |
Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church Laurel Hollow, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Republican (1951–1971) Democratic (1971–2000) |
| Other political affiliations |
Liberal (1969–1973) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Harrison Lindsay (1949–2000; his death) |
| Alma mater | Yale University |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/branch | United States Navy |
| Years of service | 1943–1946 |
| Rank | Lieutenant |
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Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church
John Vliet Lindsay (/vliːt ˈlɪnᵈzi/; November 24, 1921 – December 19, 2000) was an American politician, lawyer, and broadcaster who was a U.S. congressman, mayor of New York City, candidate for U.S. president, and regular guest host of Good Morning America.
During his political career, he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from January 1959 to December 1965 and as mayor of New York City from January 1966 to December 1973. He switched from the Republican to the Democratic Party in 1971, and launched a brief and unsuccessful bid for the 1972 Democratic presidential nomination as well as the 1980 Democratic nomination for Senator from New York. He died from Parkinson's disease and pneumonia in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on December 19, 2000.
Lindsay was born in New York City on West End Avenue, to George Nelson Lindsay and the former Florence Eleanor Vliet. He grew up in an upper-middle-class family of English and Dutch descent. Lindsay's paternal grandfather migrated to the United States in the 1880s from the Isle of Wight, and his mother was from an upper-middle-class family that had been in New York since the 1660s. Lindsay's father was a successful lawyer and investment banker. Lindsay attended the Buckley School, St. Paul's School and Yale, where he was admitted to the class of 1944 and joined Scroll and Key.
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