Charles Champlain Townsend Explained

Charles Champlain Townsend
Office:	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 25th congressional district
Termstart:	March 4, 1889
Termend:	March 3, 1891
Predecessor:	James T. Maffett
Successor:	Eugene P. Gillespie
Birth Date:	November 24, 1841
Birth Place:	Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Death Date:	July 10, 1910 (aged 68)
Death Place:	New Brighton, Pennsylvania
Party:	Republican
Alma Mater:	University of Pittsburgh

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]}

Notes and References

1. "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.
2. "Townsend, Charles Champlain." Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Political Graveyard, May 10, 2022.
3. "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
4. "Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
5. "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
6. "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
7. "Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
8. "Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
9. "Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.