Dwight Townsend
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Dwight Townsend (September 26, 1826 - October 29, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from New York.
Born in New York City, Townsend was educated at the grammar school of Columbia College, New York City. He engaged in the sugar business in the early sixties. He served as member of the original board of the Equitable Life Assurance Society from 1859 to 1865.
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.
Townsend was elected to the Forty-second Congress (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873). He resumed his former business pursuits in 1875. He died in New York City October 29, 1899. He was interred in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York.
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| Preceded by Henry A. Reeves |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st congressional district 1871-1873 |
Succeeded by Henry J. Scudder |
