Washington Townsend

Washington Townsend ( born January 20, 1813 in West Chester, Pennsylvania, † March 18, 1894 ) was an American politician. Between 1869 and 1877 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Washington Townsend first attended a private school and then the Westchester Academy. Between 1828 and 1844 he was employed as a bank clerk. After studying law and his 1844 was admitted to the bar, he began practicing in this profession in West Chester. In 1848 he was there district attorney. From 1849 to 1857 he worked as a cashier at the Bank of Chester County. Politically, he was a member of the Whig party. In June 1852 he took part in their national convention in Baltimore as a delegate. After the dissolution of the Whigs, he joined the Republican Party, founded in 1854. In May 1860 he was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in Chicago, was nominated on the Abraham Lincoln as a presidential candidate.

In the congressional elections of 1868 Townsend was in the seventh election district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of John Martin Broomall on March 4, 1869. After three re- elections, he was able to complete in Congress until March 3, 1877 four legislative sessions. Since 1875 he represented there as a successor of James Soloman Biery seschten the district of his state. Between 1873 and 1875 led Townsend to the Committee for management of state property. In 1876 he gave up another Congress candidate.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives, he worked first as a lawyer again. Since 1879 he was president of the Bank of Chester County. Washington Townsend died on 18 March 1894 in West Chester.