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Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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.[1] 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.[2][3][4]

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.[1] During this term, Townsend voted "nay" (the minority position) on the question of adopting the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[5]

Townsend was elected to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873).[1] He did not run for reelection, and resumed his former business pursuits.[1]

Death and burial

He died in New York City on October 29, 1899.[6] He was interred at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.[1]

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  2. Ohio Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Annual Report, 1888, page 1170
  3. The Louisiana Planter and Sugar Manufacturer, Death notice, Dwight Townsend, November 4, 1899, page 297
  4. Equitable Life Assurance Society, The First Fifty Years of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, 1909, page 19
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  6. New York Times, Death List of a Day: Dwight Townsend, October 30, 1899