Martin I. Townsend

Martin I. Townsend

Martin Ingham Townsend (born February 6, 1810 in Hancock , Massachusetts , † March 8, 1903 in Troy , New York ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1875 and 1879 he represented New York State in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Martin Ingham Townsend was born in Hancock about two years before the outbreak of the British-American War . The family then moved to Williamstown in 1816 . There he attended community schools and graduated from Williams College in 1833 . He studied law . He was admitted to the bar in 1836 and then began practicing in Troy. Between 1842 and 1845 he was District Attorney in Rensselaer County . As a delegate, he attended the Constituent Assembly of New York in 1867 and 1868 . Between 1873 and 1903 he was regent at New York University . Politically, he belonged to the Republican Party .

In the 1874 congressional elections for the 44th Congress , Townsend was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the 17th constituency of New York , where he succeeded Robert S. Hale on March 4, 1875 . He was re-elected once. Since he on a run again in 1878 renounced, he left the after March 3, 1879 Congress of.

Between 1879 and 1887 he succeeded Richard Crowley United States Attorney for the Northern District of New York . In 1890 he participated in the New York Constituent Assembly. The following year he gave up his practice as a lawyer and went into retirement. He died on March 8, 1903 in Troy and was then buried in Oakwood Cemetery .

Web links

• Martin I. Townsend in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Martin I. Townsend in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Remarks

1. ^ Member of the board of directors of a university