{{Short description|3rd Governor of New Mexico}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Washington Ellsworth Lindsey |image =W.E. Undsey LOC 24649570803 (cropped).jpg |order = 3rd |office = Governor of New Mexico |term_start = February 18, 1917 |term_end = January 1, 1919 |lieutenant = ''Vacant'' |predecessor = [[Ezequiel Cabeza De Baca]] |successor = [[Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo]] |order2 = 2nd |office2 = Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico |term_start2 = January 1, 1917 |term_end2 = February 18, 1917 |governor2 = [[Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca]] |predecessor2= Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca |successor2 = [[Benjamin F. Pankey]] |birth_date = December 20, 1862 |birth_place = [[Armstrongs Mills, Ohio]], US |death_date = {{death date and age |1926|4|5|1862|12|20}} |death_place = [[Portales, New Mexico]], US |party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] |spouse = Deane C. Haughton and Miss Becker (married twice) |alma_mater = Scio College<br/>[[University of Michigan]] |profession = [[Lawyer|Attorney]] }}
'''Washington Ellsworth Lindsey''' (December 20, 1862 – April 5, 1926) was an American politician and the third [[governor of New Mexico]].
== Biography == Lindsey was born near [[Armstrongs Mills, Ohio]], on December 20, 1862. He was the son of Robert Washington and Julia Anne (Shipman) Lindsey. He graduated from [[Scio College]] in 1884. He then worked as a teacher in Ohio, New York, and Illinois. He attended the [[University of Michigan]] and completed his [[LL.B.]] degree in 1891.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_new_mexico/col2-content/main-content-list/title_lindsey_washington.html|title=New Mexico Governor Washington Ellsworth Lindsey|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=2012-07-14}}</ref>
Lindsey practiced law for ten years in [[Chicago, Illinois]], before moving to [[Portales, New Mexico]]. He was a Republican and served as United States Commissioner in 1900, County Clerk of Roosevelt County from 1903 to 1905, Assistant District Attorney in Roosevelt County from 1905 to 1909, Mayor of Portales from 1909 to 1910 and a Member of the State Constitutional Convention from 1910 to 1912. He was elected lieutenant governor of New Mexico in 1916.
Governor [[Ezequiel C. de Baca]] died in office on February 18, 1917. Lindsey, who was the [[Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico|lieutenant governor]], assumed the duties of the governorship.<ref>{{cite book|last=State of New Mexico|editor=Kathryn A. Flynn|others=Diana J. Duran|title=2012 Centennial Blue Book|url=http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Public_Records_And_Publications/NMCentennialBlueBook.pdf|date=July 2012|publisher=Office of the New Mexico Secretary of State|pages=218–219}}</ref> During Lindsey's term in office, First World War measures were initiated, the '[[Australian ballot]]' system was promoted and a corrupt practices bill was lobbied for. Lindsey left office on January 1, 1919.
After serving as governor, Lindsey resumed his private career, primarily working as an attorney. In 1924 he served as a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]], at which [[Calvin Coolidge]] received the party's nomination as presidential candidate.
Lindsey died in [[Portales, New Mexico]], on April 5, 1926. He is buried in Portales Cemetery.
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== Further reading == * Sobel, Robert and John Raimo. ''Biographical Directory of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978''. Greenwood Press, 1988. {{ISBN|0-313-28093-2}}
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