Charles Champlain Townsend (November24, 1841July10, 1910) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania."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.
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."Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
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."Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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."Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
Death and interment Townsend died in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, in 1910, and was interred in the Grove Cemetery."Townsend, Charles Champlain", in Biographical Directory of the United States Congress."Townsend, Charles Champlain," The Political Graveyard.
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