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Pat Lindsey

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Pat Lindsey
Member of the Alabama Senate
In office
November 6, 1990 – January 11, 2009
Preceded byRick Manley
Succeeded byMarc Keahey
Constituency22nd district
In office
November 8, 1966 – November 5, 1974
Preceded byH. P. James
Succeeded byObie J. Littleton
Constituency18th district
Personal details
Born(1936-03-17)March 17, 1936
Meridian, Mississippi
DiedJanuary 11, 2009(2009-01-11) (aged 72)
Boligee, Alabama
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseTricia
ProfessionAttorney

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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