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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—DelawareJohn Gillis TOWNSEND, Jr.
(1871-1964)
Senate Years of Service:
1929-1941Party: RepublicanTOWNSEND, John Gillis,
Jr., a Senator from Delaware; born on a farm in Worcester
County, Md., near Selbyville, Del., May 31, 1871; attended the
rural schools; moved to Selbyville, Sussex County, Del., in 1895
and engaged in banking; also interested in manufacturing and
agricultural pursuits; member, State house of representatives
1901-1903; Governor of Delaware 1917-1921; elected as a Republican
to the United States Senate in 1928; reelected in 1934 and served
from March 4, 1929, to January 3, 1941; unsuccessful candidate for
reelection in 1940; chairman, Committee to Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses (Seventy-second Congress); member of the Mount
Rushmore National Memorial Commission 1939-1940; trustee of several
colleges and universities; resumed banking, agricultural pursuits,
and the raising and processing of poultry and vegetables; was a
resident of Selbyville, Del.; died in Philadelphia, Pa., April 10,
1964; interment in Red Men’s Cemetery, Selbyville, Del.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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