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John V. Lindsay

John Lindsay
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Lindsay carrying in his budget in April 1966.
103rd Mayor of New York City
In office
January 1, 1966 – December 31, 1973
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
In office
January 3, 1959 – December 31, 1965
Preceded by Frederic René Coudert, Jr.
Succeeded by Theodore Kupferman
Personal details
Born John Vliet Lindsay
(1921-11-24)November 24, 1921
New York City, New York, U.S.
Died December 19, 2000(2000-12-19) (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
Battles/wars

World War II


Memorial Cemetery of Saint John's Church

World War II

John Vliet Lindsay (/vlt ˈlɪnzi/; 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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