Dwight Townsend
Dwight Townsend (September 26, 1826 – October 29, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Biography
Born in New York City, Townsend was educated at Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School. He worked in the sugar refining business, and was active in other ventures including the Equitable Life Assurance Society and the Bankers' and Merchants' Telegraph Company.[1][2][3]
Townsend was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Henry G. Stebbins and served from December 5, 1864, to March 3, 1865.
Townsend was elected to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873). He resumed his former business pursuits.
Death and burial
He died in New York City on October 29, 1899.[4] He was interred in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.[5]
References
- ↑ Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Annual Report, 1888, page 1170
- ↑ The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, Death notice, Dwight Townsend, November 4, 1899, page 297
- ↑ Equitable Life Assurance Society, The First Fifty Years of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1909, page 19
- ↑ New York Times, Death List of a Day: Dwight Townsend, October 30, 1899
- ↑ Dwight Townsend at Find a Grave, retrieved March 3, 2014
External links
- Dwight Townsend at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Dwight Townsend at Political Graveyard
| United States House of Representatives | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1864–1865 |
Succeeded by Stephen Taber |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1871–1873 |
Succeeded by Henry J. Scudder |
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- 1826 births
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- 19th-century American businesspeople
- New York Democrats
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from New York
- Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- 19th-century American politicians
