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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaWashington TOWNSEND
(1813-1894)
TOWNSEND, Washington, a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in West Chester, Chester
County, Pa., January 20, 1813; attended a private school and West
Chester Academy; engaged as a bank teller 1828-1844; studied law;
was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced practice in West
Chester, Pa.; prosecuting attorney of Chester County in 1848;
deputy attorney under Attorneys General Darragh and Cooper; cashier
of the Bank of Chester County 1849-1857; delegate to the Whig
National Convention in 1852; delegate to the Republican National
Convention in 1860; elected as a Republican to the Forty-first and
to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1877);
chairman, Committee on Public Lands (Forty-third Congress); was not
a candidate for renomination in 1876; again resumed the practice of
his profession in West Chester, Chester County, Pa.; president of
the Bank of Chester County 1879-1894; died in West Chester, Pa.,
March 18, 1894; interment in Oakland Cemetery, near West
Chester.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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