Lindquist was born in Marinette, Wisconsin on September 27, 1869[1] to a Norwegian-born mother and a Swedish-born father[2] and attended the common schools.

[1] He moved to Grand Rapids in 1915 and became president of the Canada Mills Co., of New York and Michigan.

After the First World War, he returned to Greenville and supervised a correspondence-school course for sales people.

In 1922, he lost to Bird J. Vincent in the Republican primary election for U.S. Representative in Michigan's 8th congressional district.

Lindquist died at age 54, on September 25, 1924, in Grand Rapids[1] and is interred at Forest Home Cemetery in Greenville.