American politician
Charles Champlain Townsend (November 24, 1841 – July 10, 1910) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.[1][2]
Biography
Charles C. Townsend was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania (now a part of Pittsburgh). He attended the common schools and then the University of Pittsburgh (then known as the Western University of Pennsylvania) in Pittsburgh.[3][4]
He worked as a manufacturer of wire rivets and nails. During the American Civil War, he served two years in the Union Army as a private in Company A, Ninth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Reserve Corps, and later as adjutant of the First Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry.[5]
Townsend was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-first Congress. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1890, but resumed his work in manufacturing.[6][7]
Death and interment
Townsend died in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, in 1910, and was interred in the Grove Cemetery.[8][9]
References
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain" (T000329), in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Washington, D.C.: Offices of the Historians of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, retrieved online February 14, 2008.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- ^ "Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
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