James Townsend (December 17, 1729 – May 24, 1790 in Jericho, then in Queens, now in Nassau County, New York) was an American politician from New York.
James Townsend | |
|---|---|
| Member-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 1st district | |
| Died before taking office | |
| Preceded by | William Floyd |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Tredwell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 17, 1729 |
| Died | May 24, 1790 (aged 60) |
| Political party | Federalist |
Life
editTownsend was the son of Jacob Townsend (1692–1742) and Phebe (Seaman) Townsend (1699–1774). On April 2, 1757, he married Mary Hicks (1730–1796); they had seven children.
Townsend was a deputy to the 3rd and 4th New York Provincial Congresses in 1776. He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1784, 1784-85, 1786, and 1787. He was elected as a Federalist to the 2nd United States Congress in April 1790, but died a month later, before his term began.
See also
editSources
edit- The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 53, 92, 161ff and 310; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
- Congressional election result and death notice in Queens County in Olden Times by Henry Onderdonk Jr. (1865; page 74)
- Transcript from James Townsend's family bible at
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