Charles E. Townsend

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

Townsend received his education at the public schools in Concord and Jackson as well as at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He then worked from 1881 to 1886 as a teacher in Concord, and eleven years in the Land Registry Office ( Register of Deeds ) of Jackson County. With almost 40 years, he then suggested a legal career: he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1895 and commenced practice in Jackson.

As of March 4, 1903 Charles Townsend was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for the Republicans. He has been repeatedly confirmed in office and resigned on 3 March 1911 to enter the U.S. Senate, in which he had been elected the previous year. In 1916 he was re-elected; Six years later, he did not succeed in this, so that he had to leave the Congress on March 3, 1923. During his time in the Senate he stood in front of several committees, including the Committee post.

1923 Charles Townsend was appointed to the International Joint Commission, which had the mandate to resolve any discrepancies between the United States and Canada on the use of the shared boundary waters. The following year he died in Jackson.