Born in Norridgewock , Maine , Lindsey attended the common schools as a child and attended Broomfield Academy . He studied law and was admitted to the bar in Norridgewock in 1853 . He was a member of the Maine House of Representatives in 1856 , a clerk of the judicial courts of Somerset County , Maine from 1857 to 1860 , and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1860
Republican National Convention
1860 Republican National Convention
Stephen Lindsey