Dwight Townsend

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Dwight Townsend (born September 26, 1826 in New York City , † October 29, 1899 ) was an American politician . He represented New York State in the US House of Representatives from 1864 to 1865 and from 1871 to 1873 .

Career

Dwight Townsend attended the Grammar School at Columbia College in New York City. He was in the sugar business in the early 1860s. He served on the original Board of Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance Society between 1859 and 1865 . Politically, he belonged to the Democratic Party . He was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC on December 5, 1864 to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Henry G. Stebbins . In the congressional election of 1870 Townsend was elected to the US House of Representatives in the first constituency of New York, where he succeeded Henry A. Reeves on March 4, 1871 . Since he refused to run again in 1872 , he left the Congress after March 3, 1873 . From 1875 he went about his previous business. He died in New York City on October 29, 1899 and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery , Brooklyn .

Web links

  • Dwight Townsend in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
personal data
SURNAME Townsend, Dwight
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH October 29, 1899
Place of death New York City