Charles E. Townsend

Charles Elroy Townsend

Charles Elroy Townsend (* 15. August 1856 in Concord , Jackson County , Michigan , †  3. August 1924 in Jackson , Michigan) was an American politician of the Republican Party , of the State of Michigan in both houses of Congress represented.

Townsend received his education at Concord and Jackson public schools and the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . He then worked from 1881 to 1886 as a teacher in Concord and eleven years in the Jackson County Register of Deeds . At almost 40 years of age he embarked on a legal career: he studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1895 and began practicing in Jackson.

From March 4, 1903, Charles Townsend was a Republican member of the US House of Representatives . He was confirmed in office several times and resigned on March 3, 1911 to move to the US Senate , to which he had been elected the previous year. In 1916 he was re-elected; six years later he failed to do so, so that he had to leave Congress on March 3, 1923. During his time in the Senate, he chaired several committees, including the Postal Committee.

In 1923, Charles Townsend was appointed to the International Joint Commission , which had the task of resolving disagreements between the United States and Canada over the use of the common border waters. The following year he died in Jackson.

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• Charles E. Townsend in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Charles E. Townsend in the database of Find a Grave (English)