M. P. Lindsley

Myron Plato Lindsley (September 18, 1825 – January 16, 1883) was an American attorney and Democratic politician. He was the 10th Mayor of Green Bay, Wisconsin, and represented Green Bay for two years in the Wisconsin State Senate.

Biography Lindsley was born in Rushville, New York, and raised on his family's farm in Yates County. He graduated from Union College in Schenectady, New York, in 1849. He went on to study law at John W. Fowler's Law School at Ballston Spa, New York, and graduated in 1850.

He came to Wisconsin later that year and settled at Green Bay, where he established a legal practice.

He became involved in local politics and was elected to his first two-year term as County Clerk of Brown County in 1854. He was subsequently elected again in 1860, and reelected in 1862, 1864, and 1866. In April 1865, concurrent with his time as Clerk, he was elected Mayor of Green Bay, serving one year.

In 1871, he was elected on the Democratic Party ticket to represent Brown County in the Wisconsin State Senate.

Personal life and family Lindsley married Frances A. Ingalls in 1854. Together they had two children, Thales and Lelia Elizabeth ("Lizzie").

Electoral history Wisconsin Senate (1871)

U.S. House of Representatives (1872)