Adrian Van Sinderen Lindsley (1814–1885) was an American lawyer, businessman and politician from Tennessee.
His maternal grandfather was Nathaniel Lawrence (1761–1797), who served as the New York Attorney General from 1792 to 1795.
[1] He also served as the Secretary of the Board of Trust of his alma mater, the University of Nashville, from 1839 to 1885.
[1][2] In a letter to Governor Andrew Johnson (1808–1875) on April 22, 1862, he blamed Reverend John Berry McFerrin (1807-1887), a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South for encouraging secessionist activities in Nashville, as opposed to more moderate Methodists like Reverend Holland Nimmons McTyeire (1824–1889), Reverend John B. Somers (1801-1876), Reverend James L. Houston (1806-1888) and Alexander Little Page Green (1806-1874).
[1] As Senator, he opposed the coercive policies towards former Confederates imposed by Governor William Gannaway Brownlow (1805-1877).